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April 9, 2026
Trump Officials Push Allies to Pursue Antifa and Far Left as Terrorist Threats
The Trump administration aims to deploy counterterrorism tools against far-left groups, even as it has offered little evidence they present a dire threat.
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April 7, 2026
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Investigates Cassidy Hutchinson, Who Testified Against Trump
It was a highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership to direct a case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a division that normally focuses on civil rights abuses.
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April 7, 2026
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Investigates Cassidy Hutchinson, Who Testified Against Trump
It was a highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership to direct a case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a division that normally focuses on civil rights abuses.
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April 4, 2026
New Attorney General, Same Albatross: Trump’s Quest for Retribution
The name atop the Justice Department’s organizational chart matters less than the presence of a president whose demands for revenge have become so extreme that even his most obsequious appointees h...
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April 2, 2026
Who Is Todd Blanche, Trump’s Acting Attorney General?
While it remains unclear how long Todd Blanche will stay in the job, whoever ends up taking over permanently will lead a department that he has shaped in his own image.
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April 2, 2026
Who Is Todd Blanche, Trump’s Acting Attorney General?
While it remains unclear how long Todd Blanche will stay in the job, whoever ends up taking over permanently will lead a department that he has shaped in his own image.
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April 1, 2026
Pipe Bomb Defendant Says He May Adopt Debunked Account as Defense
Court papers show that Brian Cole Jr.’s lawyers might seek to blame a former Capitol Police officer whose name first surfaced in a right-wing media account and whom the F.B.I. briefly investigated.
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March 31, 2026
Justice Dept. Struggles to Respond to Trump’s Suit Against IRS
Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.
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March 25, 2026
Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million
The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.
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March 19, 2026
Lawsuit Accuses Justice Dept. Leadership of ‘Political Retribution’
The suit filed by two fired F.B.I. agents aimed to hold the Trump administration accountable for the purge of personnel who had worked on the investigations of Mr. Trump or his allies.
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March 19, 2026
‘Go Big and Go Loud’: Inside the Justice Dept.’s Push to Prosecute Protesters
Prosecutors have struggled to prove in court what the president and his aides have repeatedly said in public: that a network of leftist activists presents a serious threat to national security.
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March 16, 2026
Trump’s Effort to Target Rivals Stall as Judges Cut Short Basic Investigative Steps
A ruling Friday that derailed an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair at an exceptionally early stage showed the limits of President Trump’s campaign of legal retribution.
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March 13, 2026
Protesters Accused of Antifa Ties Found Guilty of Support for Terrorism
The guilty verdicts marked the first time that terrorism charges had been successfully brought against purported members of antifa.
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March 13, 2026
Judge Quashes Justice Dept.’s Subpoenas of Fed, Crippling Its Pursuit of Trump’s Rivals
Judge James E. Boasberg derided the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington for pursuing a case against Jerome H. Powell that appeared to be motivated by President Trump’s desire for vengeance.
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March 9, 2026
F.B.I. Subpoenas Records in Arizona in Expansion of 2020 Voting Inquiry
The subpoena was issued in recent days to the Arizona State Senate, which oversaw a sprawling but controversial audit of the vote result in Maricopa County.
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March 6, 2026
Iran War Poses Test for Justice Dept. After Firings Deplete National Security Ranks
Firings, resignations and diversions to the president’s priorities have left elite counterterrorism and counterintelligence units stretched thin, current and former officials say.
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March 6, 2026
As Trump Focuses on Cuba, DOJ Seeks Charges Against Its Leaders
The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.
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March 6, 2026
As Trump Focuses on Cuba, DOJ Seeks Charges Against Its Leaders
The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.
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March 4, 2026
Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his riv...
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February 27, 2026
Testimony Offers New Details on Justice Dept. Role in Abrego Garcia Prosecution
A top prosecutor, Robert E. McGuire, painted an extraordinary picture of senior Justice Department leaders peering over his shoulder and hurrying him along.
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February 26, 2026
Patel Fires F.B.I. Personnel Tied to Inquiry Into Trump and Classified Records
The firings are part of a rolling barrage of retribution aimed at those who worked on the two federal prosecutions of President Trump.
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February 24, 2026
9 Accused of Antifa Ties After a Violent ICE Protest Face Trial in Texas
The government said the protesters were part of a heavily armed “cell” of left-wing activists, one of whom was accused of shooting an officer at an anti-ICE protest.
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February 23, 2026
Judge Bars Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump’s Mishandling of Documents
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida, slammed the former special counsel, Jack Smith, for drafting the report even after she had dismissed the case.
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February 22, 2026
F.B.I. Director Celebrates Olympic Hockey Victory on Day of Mar-a-Lago Shooting
Kash Patel’s trip to Italy came at a fraught and frenetic time for the bureau and Mr. Patel, who has shown little willingness to curb his jet-setting.
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February 21, 2026
Longtime Virginia Lawyer Chosen by Judges as U.S. Attorney, and Then Fired
It was the second time this month that the administration had gotten rid of a top federal prosecutor appointed to his post by federal judges.
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February 18, 2026
Administration Increases Scrutiny of Noncitizen Voting, Pursuing a Trump Claim
The move is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.
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February 18, 2026
A Case Against 6 Democrats Lacked Urgency. Then Came a Swift Bid for an Indictment.
Prosecutors have been repeatedly caught between the president’s insistence that they undertake weak or baseless cases and the necessity of having to go to court.
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February 11, 2026
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
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February 7, 2026
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperat...
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February 6, 2026
Justice Dept. Pursues Many Officer Assault Cases in Minnesota as Misdemeanors
It is a pattern that has played out in other cities where the administration has conducted immigration surges and taken a muscular stance against those accused of impeding federal officers.
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