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Under pressure, Justice Department creates internal watchdog for asset forfeiture program
A unit will be set up in the Justice Department to oversee a policy that allows police to take cash and property from people suspected of a crime, even if...
The Trump administration has already been rolling back gun regulations
Donald Trump campaigned as a fierce defender of the Second Amendment and the favored candidate of the National Rifle Association, vowing to undo any actions by President Barack Obama on...
Sessions defends Trump’s response to Charlottesville violence
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday strongly defended President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, seeking to counter widespread criticism that the president did not go far enough...
Sessions’ move to take on affirmative action energizes Trump’s base
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' internal announcement indicating that the Justice Department is seeking to curb affirmative action in a university admissions case has roused President Donald Trump's conservative base by...
Justice Department plans new project to sue universities over affirmative action policies
Justice Department officials are planning a new project to investigate and sue universities over affirmative action admissions policies they determine discriminate against white applicants, according to a U.S. government official.
Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice
The move by Robert S. Mueller III to investigate President Trump鈥檚 own conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation.
Jeff Sessions testifies: Calls suggestion of collusion with Russia an “appalling and detestable lie”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions opened his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Community Tuesday with a fiery assertion that he never had any conversations with Russians about "any type of interference"...
Jeff Sessions offered in recent months to resign as attorney general
Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered to resign at one point in recent months after his relationship with President Donald Trump grew increasingly tense, according to two people close to the...
Trump denies asking James Comey to back off investigation into Michael Flynn
President Donald Trump on Thursday said there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia, while adding the caveat that he can only speak for himself, and denied ever asking...
Sessions issues sweeping new criminal policy to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed his federal prosecutors Thursday to charge defendants with the most...