The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican's latest aggressive tactic to try to stop migrants from crossing into the US from Mexico.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is promising a legal showdown with the Biden administration in their fight over immigration enforcement

The Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants crossing from Mexico

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the 1,000-foot barrier to be deployed in the river near Eagle Pass earlier this month. The Justice Department gave Texas until Monday to commit to removing it.

Former president accused of violating Espionage Act, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to investigators but has pled not guilty

The governor is trailing the twice-indicted former president by a wide margin in Republican primary polls

The Justice Department appears to be on a fast track to charge former President Donald Trump with election interference before a potential case is brought in Georgia next month.

A sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies could result in several criminal charges against him, Alex Woodward reports

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he previously consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of the opioid epidemic: Purdue Pharma