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The Department of Justice has directed federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (access previous coverage).

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office is directed to drop the charges “without prejudice…

Upon her swearing in, Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued 14 memoranda seeking to deploy Department of Justice enforcement resources in service of the Trump Administration’s priorities.

The memo directs…

The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay landed in Cuba on Tuesday evening (access full article).

It was…

The Senate has voted to confirm Pamela Jo Bondi, 54 to 46, to serve as attorney general (access full article).

The vote fell almost entirely along party…

Federal law prohibits Federal Firearms Licensees from selling handgun Fifth…

On February 21, the Justice Department confirmed that it shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD)—the first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers, according to the…

A transgender woman serving time in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump's executive order directing the U.S. government to recognize only two, unchangeable sexes and requiring…

Updated on: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

As litigants increasingly adopt generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools, courts have responded by issuing…

A Colorado crime lab analyst is charged with more than 100 criminal counts in connection with allegations that she altered reports in sexual assault cases (…

William W. Lothrop, previously deputy director of BOP who is a 30-year-plus veteran of the agency, has taken over as acting director. The BOP director is not subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate (…