The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

The North Koreans used false or borrowed identities from American citizens to get tech jobs with U.S. companies.

The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed government of Bashar al-Assad, the Justice Department said.

Shabana Mahmood was one of 275 MPs who voted against the legislation when it was put before the House of Commons in November.

Report reveals bypassing of rules in seizing reporters' phone records during Trump administration. Concerns over potential policy changes under new leadership.

Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected

The Justice Department has strengthened internal reviews for when it seeks certain records of members of Congress and congressional staffers.

Kash Patel is set to face questions during a bid to be the next FBI director about his history of fierce criticism of federal officials.

Donald Trump threatened to throw members of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack in jail in a new interview.

Joe Biden ran on some good ideas to reform policing and incarceration, which he mostly failed to deliver.