Department of Justice

Jack Smith’s office had been evaluating the best path for winding down its work on two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump.

Iran’s government directed three people to “target our citizens, including President-elect Trump, on U.S. soil and abroad,” the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York alleged.

Ryan James Wedding, a snowboarder who competed for Canada in the 2002 Olympics, is accused of running a massive, murderous international drug trafficking operation.

A former Olympic snowboarder along with 15 others were charged for allegedly running a massive international drug trafficking operation to smuggle cocaine into Canada through Los Angeles.

Visa and MasterCard have surged in the past two decades, reaching a combined $1 trillion market cap. That has attracted unwanted attention from regulators.

They have millions of followers online. They have been major players in right-wing political discourse since Donald Trump was president. And they worked unknowingly for a company that was a front for a Russian influence operation, U.S. prosecutors say. An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin...

The Biden administration announced a series of actions on Wednesday in response to alleged efforts by Russia to influence U.S. public opinion.

The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices.

“QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to oppose the election of President Joe Biden over then-President Donald Trump.

The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children has been accused of “severe, pervasive, and unwelcome sexual abuse of and harassment” of children in its care.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge.

Will the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation give concertgoers, sports fan and theater patrons some relief from surging ticket prices?

The Justice Department accuses Live Nation of a slew of “unlawful, anticompetitive” practices that allow it to maintain a stronghold over the live music scene.

The brothers plotted the “first-of-its-kind” cryptocurrency fraud involving Ethereum blockchain over several months, the DOJ said.

The Department of Justice agreed to pay more than $138 million to victims of disgraced sports physician Larry Nassar, officials said on Tuesday.

The Department of Justice is investigating dozens of threats made to election workers, federal officials said Monday, and has charged 20 individuals so far.

An Iranian man who federal prosecutors say operates a criminal network that targets dissidents and activists abroad has been charged alongside a pair of Canadians with plotting to kill two people who had fled to the United States.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to address accusations from Republican lawmakers that the Justice Department is unethically protecting President Joe Biden and his family.

Joseph Ruddy, a prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, was captured on video offering his business card to police after a hit-and-run, while his blood-alcohol level tested over twice the legal limit.

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.