The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

The Justice Department is reportedly stepping up efforts to revoke citizenship from hundreds of naturalized Americans.

Three appellate immigration judges sided with Department of Homeland Security lawyers who appealed a decision from Immigration Judge Michael Pleters terminating removal proceedings for DACA recipient Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order Thursday reclassifying state-licensed marijuana as a less dangerous drug, changing a policy that has for decades made the drug’s potential medicinal benefits more difficult to research.

The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit brought by Carter Page, the former Trump campaign adviser who was a key figure in the federal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Hawai’i chief justice nominee Vladimir Devens with Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm during a break in his confirmation hearing at the State Capitol Wednesday. On Friday the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to confirm Devens. The confirmation now goes to the full Senate for a vote. (Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026)

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog is launching an investigation into the DOJ’s production of files and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein as controversy continues over the handling of the case of the convicted sex offender.

Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.