Trump, Justice Department

Justice Department emphasizes immigration, threatening to prosecute state, local officials who resist Trump agenda
The Justice Department's new leadership directed prosecutors to potentially charge state or local officials who impede President Trump's immigration policies.
Trump administration directs Justice Department to step up immigration enforcement
The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to dramatically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it an agency top priority.
Trump's Justice Department is looking to crack down on local authorities that won't play ball on immigration
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said that local laws that don't match Trump's immigration plans threaten national security.
Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
The directives to Justice Department employees could face fierce blowback from legal advocacy groups and officials in cities and states led by Democrats.
Justice Department career officials reshuffled to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda
Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.
Trump fires four top immigration court officials at Justice Department
President Donald Trump fired top immigration officials at the Department of Justice quickly after taking office. Chief immigration judge Sheila McNulty; the office's general counsel Lauren Alder Reid; general counsel head Lauren Alder Reid and acting Director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review Mary Cheng were fire, according to NBC News.
Career Justice Department officials reassigned to different positions: reports
The U.S. Justice Department reportedly moved several senior officials to other divisions ahead of the Senate's anticipated confirmation of President Trump's attorney general pick.
Justice Dept. removes senior career officials from key positions
The Justice Department reassignments involve top career officials in the national security and criminal divisions, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
Key career DOJ officials reassigned to different positions: AP sources
The Justice Department has reassigned key senior officials across multiple divisions as part of a leadership shakeup ahead of the expected confirmation of President Donald
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
Federal prosecutors are told in no uncertain terms that they will be on the front lines of an administration-wide effort to ...
Trump’s orders have a common theme: Have the Justice Dept. handle it
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...
Bureau of Prisons director out as Trump's Justice Department reforms take shape
The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has left her position amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement ...
US DOJ dismisses case against R.I. felon accused of beating Capitol Police in Jan. 6 attack
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss felony charges against a Rhode Islander accused of beating Capitol Police officers with a ...
US Justice Dept questions landmark NCAA athlete pay settlement
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday questioned the fairness of a private $2.8 billion settlement with the National ...
Trump commutes sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders as he pardons over 1,000 January 6 US Capitol rioters
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, ...
U.S. Department of Justice investigates reported "seclusion and restraint" used against disabled Colorado students
A sweeping federal investigation into the Douglas County School District has unearthed hundreds of allegations of systemic ...