Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned Monday during a House budget hearing about Iranian nationals who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration after the Trump administration warned the conflict with Iran raised threat levels in the United States. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, asked if the attorney general knew how many Iranian nationals in […]
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Trump admin cracks down antisemitism as DOJ official exposes ‘violent rhetoric’ of radical protesters
The Trump administration has taken a more aggressive approach than its predecessor toward addressing the nationwide surge in antisemitic incidents, launching investigations, punishing elite universities, and intensifying its immigration enforcement practices. President Donald Trump, through his Department of Justice (DOJ) and other agencies, is using law-and-order tactics that his deputies say are necessary, but that […]
Trump’s DOJ says UN agency can be sued for Oct. 7 attacks, reversing Biden-era position
The Trump Justice Department has said that an agency under the United Nations can be sued in the United States over its alleged involvement with Hamas in the horrific Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel where nearly 1,200 people were slaughtered, including more than 30 Americans. In a document filed in a federal court in New York […]
Trump admin refers Maine’s ‘noncompliance with Title IX’ to DOJ amid fight over trans athletes
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Friday said it referred Maine’s “noncompliance” with Title IX rules to the Justice Department for enforcement. Maine has continued to defy President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban trans athletes from women’s and girls’ sports. The HHS gave the state […]
Internal messages hint at key reason Trump DOJ dropped case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Three weeks ago, the media was consumed by a firestorm that broke out when President Donald Trump’s acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned in protest over being ordered to end the prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams. The acceptance of Sassoon’s indignant and public resignation was […]
Jeffrey Epstein list: AG Pam Bondi releases highly anticipated DOJ documents
The Justice Department released a new batch of Jeffrey Epstein files after Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was reviewing classified documents in the case. Bondi told Fox News Wednesday evening that she planned to release “a lot of names” and flight logs today – but warned that the contents of the files overall are […]
Shelters, Jesus, and Miss Pac-Man: US judge grills DOJ over trans policy in dizzying line of questioning
A federal judge in D.C. peppered Justice Department lawyers with hypothetical questions and video game references as she presided over the second day of oral arguments about the Trump administration’s attempt to restrict or ban transgender U.S. service members in the military. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes searched in vain for answers to key questions […]
DOJ moves to dismiss federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
FIRST ON FOX: The Justice Department is moving to dismiss federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Fox News has learned. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent a letter to the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York on Monday instructing SDNY to drop the federal case against Adams […]
Trump DOJ calls judge’s DOGE order ‘anti-constitutional’
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department pushed to undo an “anti-Constitutional” ruling from a federal judge that blocked Elon Musk and any of his close associates from accessing Treasury Department data on Monday. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer’s Saturday ruling blocked Department of Government Efficiency officials from accessing personal data such as social security numbers and […]