Colette Peters, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since August 2022, has resigned amid significant changes to the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.
Jack Smith, the special counsel who led federal prosecutions against Donald Trump, resigned from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, according to court filings.
Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering charges for 200 more people related to January 6, 2021, according to Politico. About 1,583 people have already been federally charged for the event.
Reports suggest that Joe Biden privately regrets his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and believes he could have defeated Donald Trump in a rematch.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told the Washington Examiner that he plans to hold former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci accountable for his involvement in gain-of-function research.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is under scrutiny from Congress as Republican lawmakers ramp up investigations into his Department of Justice (DOJ) over an alleged coverup tied to the Crescent Dunes solar energy project in Nevada. The project, which received hundreds of millions in federal grants during the Obama administration, has been plagued by technical failures, financial troubles, and environmental concerns. Now, questions are being raised about the DOJ’s involvement in a qui tam lawsuit that was abruptly dismissed after initially being supported by the government.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether European governments are improperly influencing U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. In a letter dated Nov. 21, Cruz expressed concern that European nations, particularly through their regulatory frameworks and organizations like the UK-based Centre for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (GovAI), are steering U.S. policies in ways that could harm American innovation.
The Department of Justice’s last-minute dismissal of a high-stakes lawsuit against the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project has raised significant concerns. This decision, made...
President Joe Biden faces increasing calls from anti-death penalty advocates to commute the sentences of all federal death row inmates, including high-profile figures such as Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof. Advocates argue that these commutations would align with Biden’s campaign promises to end the federal death penalty and set a precedent for future administrations.