Charlie Savage

David Sundberg, who led the Washington Field Office, is joining a crowded Democratic primary for Steny H. Hoyer’s open House seat.

A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials.

A press group says a prosecutor broke ethics rules by not flagging a law that limits searches for reporting materials.

An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.

The case tests the Trump administration’s argument that its extrajudicial killings of people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea have been lawful.

It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.

The specifics of the memo are unclear. But Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers in briefings this week that the administration would share the document with them.

El Departamento de Justicia abandonó la narrativa impulsada durante el gobierno de Trump y reformuló el caso como una red de corrupción estatal, no como un cártel formal de la droga.

Last year, before capturing President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.

The operation revives disputes over the legality of the 1989 Panama intervention, enhanced by President Trump’s vow to “run” Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro’s formal status as president.

The request, addressed to the top federal judge in Miami, sought to block a U.S. attorney from pursuing a politically charged inquiry before Judge Aileen Cannon, who has repeatedly decided in Presi...

The president has a long record of making false or misleading statements. But the sheer density of them in his administration’s boat attacks and Venezuela pressure campaign is exceptional.

The move comes as the Supreme Court also appears poised to put antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission under his control.

Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.

Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.