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DOJ: Yale Discriminates Against Asian American and White Applicants In Admissions

9:08pm August 13, 2020

The Justice Department said its two-year investigation found that race is "the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year." Yale categorically denies the allegation.

Former national security advisor John Bolton, seen in February, is scheduled to publish a memoir of his time with the Trump administration on June 23, and the Justice Department is trying to block publication.

Justice Department Seeks To Block Publication Of John Bolton's White House Memoir

10:57pm June 16, 2020

by David Welna

A week before the scheduled June 23 launch of the former national security advisor's tale of his time serving Trump, the government has filed a lawsuit attempting to hold up the book's release.

Demonstrators against the now-blocked census citizenship question gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2019 in Washington, D.C. A federal judge in New York ruled Thursday to penalize the Trump administration for failing to disclose documents

Trump Officials Ordered To Pay More Legal Costs Over Blocked Citizenship Question

2:47pm May 21, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

Trump officials failed to turn over hundreds of files before going to trial over the now-blocked citizenship census question. "This was not DOJ's finest hour," a judge said.

The U.S. Department of Justice building.

National

FBI: New iPhone Evidence Shows Pensacola Shooter Had Ties To Al-Qaida

9:37pm May 18, 2020

by Hannah Allam

Justice Department officials say Apple hampered their investigation by refusing to unlock the gunman's iPhones. The case is part of a longstanding debate over national security interests and privacy.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is among nine Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who signed a letter accusing the Trump administration of politicizing the immigration courts.

National

Senate Democrats Accuse Justice Department Of Politicizing Immigration Courts

3:31pm February 13, 2020

by Joel Rose

In a bluntly worded letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, Democratic senators accuse the administration of deliberately eroding the independence of U.S. immigration courts.

President Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr announce the Trump administration's decision to back down from its push for a citizenship question in the White House Rose Garden in July.

Email Trail On Citizenship Question Is Longer Than Trump Officials Said

10:44am November 27, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Justice Department told a court it has realized there are more internal documents that it inadvertently failed to disclose before lawsuits over the now-blocked census citizenship question ended.

White House counsel Don McGahn in September. Lawyers for McGahn appeared in federal court on Thursday in a dispute over whether he will have to sit for questions from House investigators conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

Judge Pushes Back On Trump Lawyers Trying to Block Possible Impeachment Witnesses

10:58pm October 31, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

A federal judge in Washington was skeptical in the face of arguments that current and former Oval Office aides have "absolute immunity" from ever sitting for questions about interactions with Trump.

Accused of misappropriating billions of dollars, Jho Low has reached a settlement over U.S. claims related to more than $700 million in assets. But he also says he will continue to fight the charges. The Malaysian financier is seen here in 2014.

World News

U.S. Recovers More Than $700 Million From Malaysian Financier In Slush Fund Scandal

3:32pm October 31, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Assets forfeited by financier Jho Low range from the luxury Viceroy L'Ermitage hotel in Beverly Hills to a business jet. Millions of dollars in business holdings are also included.

A year ago a shooter killed eight men and three women, and wounded seven others, at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

National

Some Tree Of Life Members Believe Death Penalty For Shooter At Odds With Jewish Faith

5:50am October 25, 2019

by An-Li Herring

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the alleged Tree of Life synagogue shooter, but faith leaders and members of the Pittsburgh congregation are of many minds on whether it's the right path.

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Attorney General William Barr speaks at an event in Washington earlier this month. On Monday, he issued a proposed rule seeking to allow the federal government collect DNA samples from more than 740,000 immigrants every year.

National

Justice Department Announces Plan To Collect DNA From Migrants Crossing The Border

9:09pm October 21, 2019

Immigrant advocates are denouncing the proposal, arguing that collecting genetic information of border crossers could have implications for family members residing in the U.S.