President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice, Pam Bondi, on Wednesday advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a strict party-line vote, setting the stage for a vote on the

At the department’s headquarters in downtown Washington, lawyers described the uncertainty that has rippled across the agency.

Virginia Democrats raised alarms about the Trump order's potential effects. Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the president's freeze would not interrupt individual assistance, disaster relief or school and child care funding.

U.S. law firm Sidley Austin said Tuesday it has hired a longtime federal prosecutor who served as the third highest-ranking member of Justice Department's criminal division during the Democratic Biden administration.

Trump’s installed top prosecutor in the District of Columbia is investigating the use of an obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases. The president had faced that charge, too.

The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.

Treasury had to issue a note clarifying that, despite a court victory last week, another legal challenge continued to block progress on a key corporate transparency reform.

Elon Musk, often referred to as "the first buddy" of President Donald Trump, received a snub from the new president's chief of staff. He did not get an office in the White House. Susie Wiles, Trump’s campaign chief of staff,

In a letter to Acting Attorney General James McHenry, House Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Jamie Raskin and House Oversight Ranking Democrat Gerald Connolly demanded a list of all affected Justice Department employees and an explanation for why they were reassigned or fired.

A Town Creek woman was arrested Friday in Morgan County on a charge of trafficking methamphetamine and five failure to appear warrants, according to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. Wendy Leann Word,

Corey Amundson, appointed by former AG William Barr, said his resignation is effective immediately, Bloomberg Law reported.