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Federal immigration officers prepare to enter a home to make an arrest after an officer used a battering ram to break down a door Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota’s Tim Walz and Jacob Frey impeded immigration enforcement

January 16, 2026 at 7:28 p.m.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people...

Anam Petit, a former Justice Department employee, poses for a portrait in the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Moriah Ratner)

How the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experience

January 16, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

Justice Connection, a network of department alums, estimates that more than 230 lawyers, agents and other employees from across the department were fired last year, apparently because of their work...

Inside a year of firings that have shaken the Trump Justice Department: ‘A great deal of fear’

January 16, 2026 at 8:44 a.m.

Interviews by The Associated Press of more than a half-dozen fired employees offer a snapshot of the toll.

FILE – An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

The FBI searches a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of a classified documents investigation

January 14, 2026 at 12:38 p.m.

FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said.

Protesters demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says

January 13, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs...

FILE – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro places his hand over his hear while talking to high-ranking officers during a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

January 5, 2026 at 12:54 p.m.

A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration...

Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro embrace in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

January 4, 2026 at 11:42 a.m.

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation.

Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Donald Trump says, after operation to oust Nicolás Maduro

January 3, 2026 at 5:32 p.m.

Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country Saturday, President Donald Trump said the United States would run Venezuela...

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ to finish releasing Epstein files

December 24, 2025 at 5:23 p.m.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks.”

This undated redacted photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (House Oversight Committee via AP)

Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

December 19, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but the incomplete document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier...

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