The lawsuit opposes requirements by the Justice Department expected to block victim assistance and legal services in states that have relied on federal grants.

A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging new U.S. restrictions barring them from using federal grant funding to provide legal services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault if they are immigrants living in the United States illegally.

The bodycam video shows a federal agent saying that the decision to arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was “per the deputy attorney general” of the U.S.

With James Comey's indictment, fears that President Donald Trump and his political appointees are eroding DOJ independence reached a fevered pitch.

Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a New Jersey synagogue.

The U.S. government sued the Los Angeles County sheriff's department on Tuesday, accusing it of violating the Constitution by being far too slow to process licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons.

The emerging legal battle comes amid a push to increase safeguards aimed at preventing individuals who aren't U.S. citizens from voting in Michigan.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has ordered a senior U.S. Justice Department official to drop an inquiry into a retired FBI agent’s involvement in a defamation lawsuit involving Alex Jones’ conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.