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FILE – The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

President Donald Trump pledges to ‘expose’ his enemies in political speech at Justice Department

March 14, 2025 at 6:03 p.m.

President Donald Trump pledged to “expose” his enemies during a norm-breaking political speech Friday at the Justice Department in which he aired a litany of grievances about the criminal cases...

Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina’s President Javier Milei as they arrive speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

President Donald Trump backs Elon Musk as he roils the federal workforce with demands and threats

February 24, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk's demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s new director of the FBI, is pictured during his ceremonial swearing-in, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New FBI director Kash Patel plans to relocate up to 1,500 employees

February 21, 2025 at 7:51 p.m.

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate up to 1,000 employees from Washington to field offices around the country and move an additional...

Kash Patel appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate

February 20, 2025 at 4:11 p.m.

Kash Patel has spoken of his desire to implement major changes at the FBI, including a reduced footprint in Washington and a renewed emphasis on the bureau's traditional crime-fighting duties rather than...

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Justice Department’s independence is threatened as Trump’s team asserts power over cases and staff

February 16, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

In the month since the Trump administration took over the Justice Department, a succession of actions has raised concerns that the department is "playing politics."

FILE – New York City Mayor Eric Adams exits from federal court in New York, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur, File)

Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ case says she’s confident he ‘committed the crimes’

February 13, 2025 at 4:56 p.m.

Before resigning, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan told her boss that she was confident that New York City Mayor Eric Adams “has committed the crimes with which he is...

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Senate panel advances nomination of Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI

February 13, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, pushing past Democratic concerns that he would...

FILE – Lisa Hyland, left, and other family members of Marc Fogel, who has been detained in Russia since August 2021, rally outside the White House for his release, July 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Russia releases imprisoned American Marc Fogel in what US calls a step toward the end of Ukraine war

February 11, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained in Russia, has been released in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to...

Dick Durbin seeks watchdog inquiry into Kash Patel, alleges behind-the-scenes role in purge at FBI

February 11, 2025 at 4:08 p.m.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate after he says he received information that President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel,...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams looks on while surrounded by faith leaders and other supporters during a rally and prayer vigil on the steps of City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams

February 10, 2025 at 7:02 p.m.

A top official at the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has cultivated a warm relationship...

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