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33 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 11, 2026.
Under Harmeet Dhillon, the division has dropped police and voting cases, pursued law schools and universities over alleged bias against white and Asian students, and hired about 130 replacements, many with little civil rights experience.
Judge Emmet Sullivan's 20-page order found the department's arguments for withholding material 'without merit.' Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, the DOJ released 3.5 million pages in January, and the plaintiff says 'millions' more are still being held back.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled Trump acted in bad faith and 'improperly' used the courts to legitimize a sweeping immunity pact and a $1.776 billion fund for his allies.
The DOJ wants full registration lists with Social Security and driver's license numbers. So far, no court has sided with the department — and a dozen states have handed the data over voluntarily.
DOJ clearance marks important milestone for media mega-deal, though state challenges could still emerge.
WatchThe disgraced former New York congressman, freed early after President Trump commuted his fraud sentence, is under Justice Department and CFTC scrutiny over tens of thousands of dollars in suspicious Kalshi bets, three people familiar with the trades say.
Andrew Boutros disclosed a nearly four-minute speech he gave to the panel that charged the 'Broadview Six,' as the now-cleared defendants demand the Justice Department cover their legal fees over alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
Virginia court temporarily halts money transfers until June hearing amid legal challenges to administration's financial operations.
WatchFederal prosecutors say Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer, tapped Google's confidential "Year in Search" data to bet that the musician d4vd would be the platform's most-searched person of 2025 — the second insider-trading case to hit the prediction market in two months.
Under the settlement, plaintiffs receive a formal apology but no damages, while Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York vow to tax 100% of any payouts and Senate Democrats push a matching excise tax.
The 82-year-old former president argues in a 47-page complaint that releasing the 2016 and 2017 interview recordings with memoir collaborator Mark Zwonitzer to the House Judiciary Committee and the Heritage Foundation would be "an unwarranted invasion of privacy" because they contain extended conversations about his son Beau's 2015 death.
Current and former FBI officials say new internal directives let the bureau claim credit for any case in which an agent was simply present, inflating the 39 percent violent-crime arrest jump Patel touted during Police Week and prompting at least three Senate Republicans to seek a private leadership briefing.
The settlement, announced Monday, creates a presidentially appointed commission with sole authority to pay claimants who say they were targeted under the Biden administration — and critics call it an unconstitutional 'slush fund.'
U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan rejected defense requests for more time and scheduled the former FBI director's trial in New Bern, North Carolina, where Comey faces up to 20 years on two threat-in-interstate-commerce counts.
Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department while others consider departure as at least one major case suffers disruption.
Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department, others considering departures, and at least one major case has been disrupted.
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina charge the former FBI director with making a threat against President Trump, in a case legal scholars say tests the limits of the First Amendment.
Justice Department and CFTC examine $2.6 billion in highly profitable futures trades placed just ahead of policy announcements.
The Justice Department is screening state lists through SAVE — a 1980s immigration database notorious for false positives — within months of an election that triggers a federal 90-day no-purge rule.
DOJ moves the same day to drop the 2022 charges against Trump's longtime adviser, in an unprecedented executive-branch reversal of a completed conviction.
The former FBI director faces charges stemming from a photograph of seashells posted on a North Carolina beach that the Trump administration characterized as a threat.
Mr. Blanche's actions are designed to demonstrate progress on the president's priorities, with revenge against political enemies at the top of the list.
WatchThe landmark antitrust verdict, after five weeks of trial, opens the door to potential breakup of the world's largest concert company and could cost the entertainment giant hundreds of millions in damages.
WatchIn an unprecedented reversal, the Justice Department moved Tuesday to vacate the convictions of Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes — who received sentences of 22 and 18 years respectively — sparking fury from Democratic lawmakers and former federal prosecutors who called the filing political interference.
Department of Justice raises concerns about league's platform offerings and consumer affordability as investigation targets sports media monopoly.
White-collar fraud, drug offenses, and labor trafficking cases are among the prosecutions dropped as the Justice Department pivots almost entirely to immigration enforcement.
Todd Blanche, who served as Trump's lead criminal defense attorney in the 2024 hush-money trial, was elevated to acting attorney general after Bondi's departure over the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy.
Federal investigators examine whether the league's subscription offerings across various platforms create unfair pricing burdens for consumers.
DOJ argues the bipartisan subpoena became void when Trump fired Bondi on April 2 — a legal theory that Republicans who voted for it immediately rejected.
The fired attorney general will not appear for her April 14 House Oversight deposition, claiming the subpoena expired with her office, in a move that drew bipartisan criticism.
The court vacated the appeals ruling upholding Bannon's jury conviction, letting the Trump DOJ proceed with dropping the case.
Bondi's 14-month tenure ends as the shortest for a confirmed AG in 60 years; sources say Trump grew furious over failed prosecutions of political enemies and the botched Epstein files disclosure.
President has floated replacing Bondi with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as Republican frustrations mount over Justice Department's handling of sensitive documents.