D.C. juries have declined to convict defendants accused of bribing a top Navy admiral and funding North Korea’s nuclear program.

The Trump administration’s appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.

The admission during a closed-door hearing undercuts President Donald Trump’s claims of “criminality” in the central bank’s $2.5 billion office renovations.

The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating, but reporting as a journalist, during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month.

It is not the first time Trump administration officials have refused an order from Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg since the case began in March.

It’s not clear how the inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was approved, but housing regulator Bill Pulte met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, and shared a prop resembling a “wa...

A veteran prosecutor recruited to help run a key U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia has been abruptly dismissed after disagreements with the Trump administration.

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

A federal magistrate judge called the situation “Kafkaesque” at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

The decision disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney sets back Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to target perceived rivals.

The Justice Department is going on the offensive to discredit the federal judge overseeing the case against former FBI director James B. Comey.

A judge ruled that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro can ask a local grand jury to indict cases that federal grand jurors have rejected.

The order by Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg touched off one of the biggest clashes between President Donald Trump and the judiciary this year.

The acknowledgement came during a hearing in which a federal judge heard the former FBI director’s arguments that he is the target of a vindictive prosecution.

A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.

Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.

Authorities initially sought to charge Sean C. Dunn with a felony. But grand jurors declined to indict, and prosecutors downgraded the charge to a misdemeanor.

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, known for his stone-faced demeanor on the bench, will preside over the case against former FBI director James B. Comey.

“It would be in everyone’s interest to turn the temperature down,” Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said Friday.

Four people have been forced out of leadership roles in the U.S. attorney’s Eastern District of Virginia office that secured an indictment against James B. Comey.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

The investigation centers on testimony James B. Comey gave before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30, 2020.

The possible removal of U.S. Attorney Erik S. Siebert does did not appear to be finalized, as Trump administration officials have yet to identify a candidate who would replace him.

The judge cited an “avalanche of evidence” that ICE and Border Patrol agents violated the rights of reporters covering protests of immigration raids.

Responding to Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui’s remarks regarding President Donald Trump’s policing surge in D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the judge “has allowed his politics to consistently ...

Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A federal magistrate judge said one arrest in D.C. was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and another lacked “basic human dignity.”

A statement from Pirros Tuesday said D.C.’s blanket prohibition on carrying shotguns or rifles “is clearly a violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings.”

The Trump administration sued every U.S. District Court judge in the state, allegedly they have improperly hindered efforts to rapidly deport migrants

A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said prohibiting firearms sales to minors is constitutional under a landmark 2022 Supreme Court court decision.

Legal experts described the move as an attack on judicial independence. The DOJ said its goal was to preserve Trump’s constitutional authority over immigration.

Gokhan Gun, 51, who also was fined $25,000, admitted that he took home top secret documents from his workplace at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center

U.S. officials said Israel delayed its plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran after Asif W. Rahman, 34, leaked them online last year.

Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."

In one message, Nathan Vilas Laatsch told an undercover FBI agent that he knew how to avoid the “stupid mistakes” that might get him caught, court filings say.

Badar Kahn Suri, who has been held in Texas since March, is expected to return to Virginia after a federal judge found he raised substantial First Amendment claims

Terry Adirim, who was a top health official in the Biden administration, says she was fired by Trump officials because she championed coronavirus vaccinations.

At an explosive sentencing hearing, Mohammed Chhipa denounced the government, and his brother was subdued and arrested by U.S. Marshals.