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The Biden administration sued Texas on Friday to prevent state troopers from stopping vehicles carrying migrants on grounds that they may spread COVID-19, warning that the practice would exacerbate problems amid high levels of crossings on the state’s border with Mexico.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations

The Justice Department prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing information or records from journalists in leak investigations, with some exceptions.

President Joe Biden met with U.S. police chiefs and elected officials at the White House Monday to discuss his plan to address a continuing nationwide surge in gun violence.

The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.

The Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit challenging new voting restrictions in Georgia, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that the Justice Department will be suing the state of Georgia over the passage of S.B. 202. The law added new voter ID requirements and limited ballot dropbox locations in the state.

The number of arrests linked to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump has reached 500, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland are set to address the administration’s gun crime prevention strategy in a speech on Wednesday.

The U.S. government has put an end to two Trump administration policies that made it harder for immigrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum

The Senate on Monday confirmed the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure, elevating a judge with strong prospects of landing on the president’s short list should a Supreme Court vacancy arise.

The department is struggling to contain the fallout over revelations that it had confiscated phone data from House Democrats and reporters as part of an aggressive investigation into leaks.

Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will swiftly increase its resources dedicated to enforcing voting rights protections.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Department of Justice will double the enforcement staff of its civil rights division in order to better protect the right to vote.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he plans to double the number of staff within the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division dedicated to protecting voting rights. “There are plenty of things up for debate in America, but the right of all eligible Americans to vote is not one of them,” Garland said. For more on this story, go...

Attorney General Merrick Garland said investigating the source of a massive leak of taxpayer data behind a ProPublica article will be a top priority.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is looking into how it can weed out any extremists from within federal law enforcement following the arrest of current and former law enforcement officers involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday pressed Congress for increased funding on a variety of Justice Department priorities, including combating domestic terrorism, protecting civil rights, prosecuting hate crimes and battling the opioid epidemic. Testifying for the first time as attorney general before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Garland also spoke about policing reforms, including a budget request to enhance community-oriented policing....

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday announced an investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department, which has faced intense scrutiny and criticism in the 13 months since officers of the department killed Breonna Taylor inside her own apartment as they served a no-knock warrant. The probe marks the second “pattern or practice” investigation launched by the Justice Department in recent days....

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Monday that the Justice Department was launching a civil investigation into the Louisville Police Department.