Politics
Michael Gates, Huntington Beach’s longtime city attorney and an aggressive foe of California’s liberal politics, joins the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
World & Nation
The Justice Department under Trump disbanded a program aimed at seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Pam Bondi is sworn in as attorney general, taking charge of a Justice Department bracing for upheaval as Trump aims to exert his will over the agency.
Trump’s Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen officials involved in prosecutions of the president.
Federal prosecutors are told in no uncertain terms that they will be on the front lines of an administration-wide effort to crack down on illegal immigration and border crime.
California
Fresno Police and the California Department of Justice are investigating a shooting they said occurred when a fight broke out between a parole officer and a parolee Tuesday.
The criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams hangs by a thread after the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to drop charges.
The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Trump’s administration examines the investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
The Justice Department says it will release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep the rest of the report under wraps for now.
The Justice Department and the city of Louisville reached a deal on reforms after an investigation prompted by the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.