Author: Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY

The Justice Department is taking aim at extremist groups that officials said sowed chaos during protests over the death of George Floyd.

Adult facilities have released hundreds of inmates amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the juvenile system has been slow to respond, advocates say.

Attorney General William Barr has directed all 94 U.S. attorneys to aggressively crack down on criminal activities meant to exploit the pandemic.

For the Asian American community, the dirty looks, the harassment and the physical abuse began long before coronavirus spread across the country.

Like Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson before him, President Trump does not have the same constitutional protection afforded to criminal defendants.

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz will release his report Monday about the FBI’s surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide.

Jurors hear closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Roger Stone, a longtime GOP operative and Trump ally accused of lying to Congress.

At issue is the 2010 death of a 15-year-old Mexican national who, court records say, was shot while playing with friends near the border in El Paso.

The Justice Department inspector general found that the DEA let companies manufacture more prescription painkillers even as overdose deaths jumped.