Justice Department

President Trump Meets With El Salvador President Nayib Bukele At The White House

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Judge demands to know if White House is helping return wrongly deported Maryland man

6:10pm April 15, 2025

The hearing is the first about Abrego Garcia's case since El Salvador's president told reporters he is not going to "smuggle a terrorist into the United States."

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Trump moves to speed up asylum cases without court hearings

3:12pm April 15, 2025

The memo could result in immigration judges deciding someone is not eligible for asylum without a hearing, and based solely on a lengthy and complex asylum request form.

President Trump Speaks At The Department Of Justice

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Shortage of immigration judges could slow down Trump deportation goals

4:58pm April 08, 2025

by Ximena Bustillo

These judges, and their staff, are caught in the crosshairs of Trump's twin efforts to increase deportations — and reduce the size of the federal government.

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Mother and two children struck and killed by a vehicle in Brooklyn, New York: driver operating suspended license

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Federal judge drops corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

9:43am April 02, 2025

Adams was scheduled to go on trial in April until new leadership at the Justice Department under the Trump administration ordered prosecutors in New York in February to drop the case, sparking a public outcry and resignations of prosecutors.

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Justice Department lawyers struggle to defend a mountain of Trump executive orders

5:03pm April 01, 2025

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department lawyers defending the president's executive orders are struggling to answer questions and correct the record in front of judges.

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Salvadoran Government Receives 238 Alleged Members Of Criminal Organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and 'MS13'

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Judge extends deadline for deportation flight details as DOJ continues to resist

3:57pm March 19, 2025

The Justice Department is fighting not to divulge more information about flights that deported alleged gang members to El Salvador. The federal judge is giving lawyers another day to respond.

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Tensions mount as judge demands more answers about deportation flights

2:00pm March 18, 2025

Trump administration lawyers defended the weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite a federal judge's order to turn the planes around.

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Trump reclaims a Justice Department reshaped in his wake

7:05pm March 14, 2025

The rare speech at the Justice Department comes as the Trump administration has spent the last several weeks trying to reconfigure the agency, including demoting attorneys who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and firing officials who investigated the president himself.

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What to know about the Epstein files release, from redactions to 'Rickrolling'

12:49pm February 28, 2025

The Trump administration touted the release of files in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, on Thursday. But the documents contained no new revelations.

Senate Judiciary Cmte Holds Confirmation Hearing For FBI Director Nominee Patel

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Senate confirms Kash Patel, fierce critic of FBI, to head the bureau

3:12pm February 20, 2025

Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.