Justice Department

Explained: The status of the death penalty in the US under Joe Biden

Joe Biden in 2016 pledged to work towards abolishing federal capital punishment. But his Justice Department continues to press for the death penalty in certain cases

Former President Donald Trump can be sued for 6 January riot harm, says Justice Department

The Justice Department told a Washington federal appeals court in a legal filing that it should allow the lawsuits to move forward, rejecting Trump's argument that he is immune from the claims

President Joe Biden should be 'embarrassed' by classified documents case, say senior Democrats

Despite their criticism, Biden's fellow Democrats defended what they said was his cooperation with the Justice Department as the search for additional classified material unfolds. They contrasted it with Trump's resistance to efforts to recover hundreds of documents after he left office

US Justice Department investigates Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant

The factory's closure in February 2022 was a key cause of a nationwide baby formula shortage that forced parents to seek formula from food banks, friends and doctor's offices. Production restarted in June

Biden documents row: Why the White House stayed silent on classified information for 68 days

The goal for the Joe Biden team was to win the trust of Justice Department investigators and demonstrate that the US president and his team were cooperating fully

What does Joe Biden's silence on the death penalty mean?

US president Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment. But the Justice Department continues to press for the death penalty in certain cases — even as a moratorium means no federal executions are likely to happen anytime soon

From family business to Afghanistan withdrawal: The many ways Republicans want to investigate Joe Biden

The Republicans have already introduced a slew of impeachment articles against US president Joe Biden and members of his Cabinet, with some influential Republicans stating that they relish the prospect of prosecuting him for high crimes and misdemeanours

President Joe Biden asserts white supremacy, hate-fuelled violence has no place in America

In 2020, hate crimes in the US were the highest in more than a decade, and the Justice Department has pledged to increase efforts to counter it

Justice Department willing to accept one of Donald Trump's picks for independent Mar-a-Lago arbiter

The judge in the case, granting a request from the Trump team, said last week that she would appoint a neutral arbiter to go through the records and weed out any that may be covered by executive privilege or attorney-client privilege

Justice Department and Donald Trump's legal team propose names for independent arbiter in Mar-a-Lago probe

Over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday granted the Trump team's request for the special master and directed the department to temporarily halt its review of records for investigative purposes