The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

Federal investigators want to know if producers conspired to raise prices

The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community

An Islamic State operative who allegedly planned the 2021 suicide bombing outside Kabul airport during the chaotic US military withdrawal has been arrested, President Donald Trump has said.

The head of the FBI’s New York field office who was reported to have resisted Justice Department efforts to scrutinize agents who participated in politically sensitive investigations has told coworkers that he has retired from the bureau after being directed to do so

Recent demotions of senior federal prosecutors in the US Justice Department raise concerns of political influence and retaliation, impacting ongoing cases.

Fugitive wanted for attempted murder captured after 40 years, assumed dead man's identity, arrested in New Mexico with weapons stash.

The first files posted on the US Justice Department website have largely been circulating in the public domain for years

The Justice Department released a batch of long-circulating documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, prompting criticism for their lack of new information.

That's the powerful argument that Mayor Adams's lawyers are making, citing (among other grounds) the leaking of a resignation letter containing "the wildly inflammatory and false accusation that Mayor Adams and his counsel had, in essence, offered a quid to the Department of Justice in exchange for the quo of…