William Barr

On July 25, 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing U.S. commonwealth.

The Justice Department has moved to withdraw death penalty requests made during the Trump administration in seven cases, according to a report.

Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker's new book I Alone Can Fix It contains some stories about former Attorney General Bill Barr using surprisingly blunt language to convince former President Donald Trump to stop doing daily coronavirus briefings."I feel you are going to lose the election," Barr told Trump...

The probe remained outside the mainstream media spotlight until several weeks after President Biden was declared the winner.

The military's top general thought he might have to save the country from Trump. Nothing about that is good news

Any report compiled by special counsel John Durham "may not be as broad as we want it to be," warned a leading Republican congressman, who nevertheless...

Nicole Hemmer writes the Republican Party has continued to protect former President Donald Trump and the Big Lie as part of a dangerous effort 'to hold on to power and to subvert democracy.'

Top U.S. military officer Gen. Mark Milley feared former President Donald Trump might attempt a coup and planned ways to stop it.

Apparently, the rumors of a feud between Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon were true. In Landslide, the new book about Donald Trump's final months in office, author Michael Wolff explains that the first-son-in-law encouraged Bill Barr to indict Bannon. (function(t,e,s,o){var n,c,l;t.SMCX=t.SMCX||[],...

Biden called for Congress to pass legislation protecting voting rights, but the real thrust of his remarks was elevating the issue for the upcoming midterms.

Donald Trump's final days as president were defined by near-total chaos as House Democrats moved to impeach him for his action (and inaction) during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol even as the soon-to-be-former president sought to use the power of his office to settle scores and reward loyalists.

OPINION: The GOP has fully signed onto the former president's lies.

The former president claimed his January 6 speech was "very mild-mannered" and added, "There was such love at that rally."

The former president addressed CPAC Dallas conference goers in the event's keynote address Sunday evening.

"This lawsuit is a stunt," one legal expert said. It's also the latest in a growing Republican trend of asking judges to rein in Silicon Valley's policing of online speech.

Former President Trump's Justice Department resumed federal executions in July 2020, following a 17-year hiatus.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Thursday night, saying he was imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department

Attorney General Merrick Garland cited the impact of federal executions on inmates of color and the recent exonerations of people on death row. The department will its review policies and procedures.

Attorney General Merrick Garland put a hold on federal executions on Thursday as the Justice Department launched an internal probe of its policies on putting criminals to death.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday imposed a moratorium on all federal executions amid a review of the Justice Department's policies.