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Second judge blocks request to change lawyers in census case

A second federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department's plan to switch up the legal team fighting to include ...

Judge stops government lawyers quitting census question case

The Justice Department can't replace nine lawyers so late in the dispute over whether to add a citizenship question to the ...

Financier in sex abuse case went from math whiz to titan

He has rubbed elbows with a prince and flown a former president on his private jet. He amassed a fortune that includes a ...

William Barr

The Latest: Barr won't recuse himself from NY Epstein case

The Latest on President Donald Trump and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein (all times local): 11:27 a.m. Attorney General William ...

1 Justice Department, 2 views on sex charges against Epstein

There is only one Justice Department, but two of its largest U.S. attorneys' offices came to vastly different conclusions ...

Geoffrey Berman

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. DIFFERING VIEWS ...

Barr sees a legal way to ask about citizenship on census

Attorney General William Barr said Monday he sees a way to legally require 2020 census respondents to declare whether or not ...

Barr: Mueller's Hill testimony will be 'public spectacle'

Attorney General William Barr on Monday accused Democrats of trying to create a "public spectacle" by subpoenaing Special ...

Barr sees a way for census to legally ask about citizenship

Attorney General William Barr said Monday he sees a way to legally require 2020 census respondents to declare whether or not ...

Matt Adams

White House blasts Seattle judge's ruling on asylum seekers

The White House on Wednesday blasted a Seattle judge's ruling that says the Trump administration can't indefinitely lock up ...

Matt Adams

Judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum-seekers locked up

A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers ...

William Barr

Feds allocate $10M to combat violence in rural Alaska

Attorney General William Barr declared a law enforcement emergency in Alaska on Friday, clearing the way for the Justice ...

Matt Adams

Judge weighs new US policy keeping asylum seekers locked up

Immigrant rights activists on Friday asked a U.S. judge to block a new Trump administration policy that would keep thousands ...

Joe Biden

What to watch on debate night: Biden, Bernie and other stars

Same stage. Same rules. But the Democrats' second back-to-back debate is fueled by star power. Debate night No. 2 marks the ...

Trump opponents turn the Mueller report into an art form

Liz Zito is a multimedia artist so immersed in the Mueller Report that she wrote fan fiction to fill in the parts that were ...

Trump opponents turn the Mueller report into an art form

Liz Zito is a multimedia artist so immersed in the Mueller Report that she wrote fan fiction to fill in the parts that were ...

House would block Feds from interfering with state pot laws

The Democratic-controlled House has voted to block the Justice Department from interfering with states that have legalized ...

Kimberly Loring, Ashley Heavyrunner Loring

Senators press feds on commitment to Native American safety

Lawmakers pressed the Trump administration on Wednesday to respond with urgency in addressing violence against Native ...

AP-NORC poll: Majority worry about 2020 foreign meddling

A majority of Americans are concerned that a foreign government might interfere in some way in the 2020 presidential ...

Donald Trump

Justice backs Mnuchin's refusal to turn over Trump's taxes

The Justice Department issued a legal opinion Friday finding that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was right to withhold ...