Members of both parties criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency for its decision not to sanction Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance, including some who went on to win Olympic medals.
Members of both parties criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency for its decision not to sanction Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance, including some who went on to win Olympic medals.
Dr. Rahul Gupta, center, the top White House drug official under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., appeared at a Senate hearing on the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.
Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.
A makeshift memorial for State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, began to form outside the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul earlier this week.
Denying the Justice Department’s request to detain the deportee would be a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, which has repeatedly cast him as a dangerous criminal.
Denying the Justice Department’s request to detain the deportee would be a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, which has repeatedly cast him as a dangerous criminal.
Protesters gathered on Friday outside the federal courthouse in Nashville where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was being arraigned after his return from El Salvador.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers asked the judge in the case to appoint a special master to investigate the failure by Trump officials to comply with her instructions.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers asked the judge in the case to appoint a special master to investigate the failure by Trump officials to comply with her instructions.
The prison in Santa Ana, El Salvador, where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is believed to have been held. The White House suddenly changed course last Friday and brought him back to face indictment.
The request came as lawyers in Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s separate civil case were poised to ask a different judge to hold the Trump administration in contempt for sidestepping one of her orders.
The request came as lawyers in Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s separate civil case were poised to ask a different judge to hold the Trump administration in contempt for sidestepping one of her orders.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, in Nashville, where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia faces criminal charges of transporting undocumented immigrants.
Officials said the move was made to align enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with the broader goal of increasing the country’s ability to compete overseas.
Officials said the move was made to align enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with the broader goal of increasing the country’s ability to compete overseas.
Todd Blanche, the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, accused the Biden administration of opening too many cases, “burdening companies” and damaging national interests.
The court’s pause on a judge’s order came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge their expulsion.
The court’s pause on a judge’s order came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge their expulsion.
Scores of Venezuelan immigrants were deported without hearings to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law and are being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.
The court’s pause on a judge’s order came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge their expulsion.
The court’s pause on a judge’s order came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge their expulsion.
Scores of Venezuelan immigrants were deported without hearings to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law and are being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
President Trump’s plan has long been to replace career civil service employees, whom he refers to as the “deep state,” with workers who are more in line with his agenda and have an allegiance to him.
Judge Hannah C. Dugan was indicted last month on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings. She has pleaded not guilty.
Judge Hannah C. Dugan was indicted last month on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings. She has pleaded not guilty.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.”
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.”
Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the F.B.I., have been tasked with making good on promises to reveal deep-state secrets — or at least show how hard they are trying.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, was flown back to the United States on Friday to face federal criminal charges. Devlin Barrett, who covers the Justice Department, explains the charges and what may come next for Garcia.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, was flown back to the United States on Friday to face federal criminal charges. Devlin Barrett, who covers the Justice Department, explains the charges and what may come next for Garcia.
For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
Michael E. Horowitz, one of the few major watchdogs spared from a purge by President Trump, will also hunt for abuses at the Consumer Financial Protection Board — a Trump target.
Michael E. Horowitz, one of the few major watchdogs spared from a purge by President Trump, will also hunt for abuses at the Consumer Financial Protection Board — a Trump target.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.
Much of the lawsuit sought to re-litigate legal questions that sided against the group during a lengthy pretrial period and a multiweek trial in Federal District Court in Washington.
Much of the lawsuit sought to re-litigate legal questions that sided against the group during a lengthy pretrial period and a multiweek trial in Federal District Court in Washington.
The lawsuit is another attempt by the Jan. 6 rioters to blame the Justice Department and the F.B.I. for engaging in what the complaint called “a corrupt and politically motivated” prosecution.
Prosecutors said the U.S. military found Iranian-made missile components that were bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen aboard a boat intercepted in the Arabian Sea.
The executive order is the latest effort by President Trump to stoke outlandish conspiracy theories about his predecessor and question the legality of his actions in office.
The executive order is the latest effort by President Trump to stoke outlandish conspiracy theories about his predecessor and question the legality of his actions in office.
Wednesday’s executive order puts the power and resources of the federal government behind a similar conspiracy theory that suggests some of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions while in office are legally invalid because his aides had enacted those policies without his knowledge.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in London in 1964. A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. King’s assassination should be released before 2027.
The Trump administration obeyed the instructions of the judge in the case, a significant departure from the defiant stance it has staked out in other immigration matters.
The Trump administration obeyed the instructions of the judge in the case, a significant departure from the defiant stance it has staked out in other immigration matters.
A federal judge found that the Trump administration had violated an order barring officials from deporting immigrants to countries not their own without first giving them a “meaningful opportunity” to contest their removal.
The judge also said the men, expelled under the Alien Enemies Act, were likely to prevail in their claims that they had been treated unfairly, deported with no chance to contest their removals.
The judge also said the men, expelled under the Alien Enemies Act, were likely to prevail in their claims that they had been treated unfairly, deported with no chance to contest their removals.
For two decades, Texas offered undocumented students in-state tuition, with bipartisan backing. On Wednesday, a federal judge stopped it after the Justice Department sued and Texas agreed.
For two decades, Texas offered undocumented students in-state tuition, with bipartisan backing. On Wednesday, a federal judge stopped it after the Justice Department sued and Texas agreed.
In-state students at the University of Texas at Austin pay a minimum of about $10,800 for tuition per year, while the minimum cost for out-of-state students is about $40,500.
The department’s move is one of many recent actions taken to dismiss criminal and civil actions against Trump allies such as Mr. Navarro, the president’s trade adviser.
The department’s move is one of many recent actions taken to dismiss criminal and civil actions against Trump allies such as Mr. Navarro, the president’s trade adviser.
Known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, he was found guilty last year of embezzling millions of dollars of his clients’ settlement money.
Known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, he was found guilty last year of embezzling millions of dollars of his clients’ settlement money.
A customs agent at Detroit Metropolitan Airport found the baggies of fungus last summer. The Justice Department has accused Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, both Chinese students, of trying to smuggle the fungus into the United States.
Administration officials have either violated orders or used an array of obfuscations and delays to prevent federal judges from deciding whether violations took place.
Administration officials have either violated orders or used an array of obfuscations and delays to prevent federal judges from deciding whether violations took place.
The entrance to the Salvadoran prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is being held. The tensions between the court and the Trump administration over the case could soon come to a head.
A letter from the assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet K. Dhillon, said that allowing trans athletes to compete in high school sports was unconstitutional.
A letter from the assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet K. Dhillon, said that allowing trans athletes to compete in high school sports was unconstitutional.
The U.S. Justice Department threatened to take legal action against California school districts that continue to allow transgender athletes to compete in high school sports.
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