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FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

State of New Mexico sues Justice Department and Todd Blanche, saying they blocked its Epstein probe

By Savannah Peters - Associated Press

A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Education Department probes race-conscious admissions policies at five medical schools

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

FILE - Stickers sit on a table inside a polling place, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Judge rejects Justice Department attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

Fulton County Senior ADA Eleanor Ross speaks during opening statements Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Atlanta. (Vino Wong/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

DOJ seeks recusal of judge from Georgia election case over reported attendance at Fani Willis event

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden moves to intervene in FOIA lawsuit

By Hon. Joseph E. Schmitz

Arcadia council member Eileen Wang is seen at Arcadia City Hall, Nov. 20, 2024, in Arcadia, Calif. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via AP)

California mayor Eileen Wang resigns, agrees to Chinese agent guilty plea

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

FILE - A sign hangs outside the director's office of the Alaska Division of Elections, March 19. 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Groups sue Alaska election officials, allege the sharing of voter data with DOJ was unconstitutional

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

A banner of President Donald Trump hangs outside the U.S. Department of Justice on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon cruise ship is shown docked at PortMiami, April 9, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)

A timeline of the investigation into a teen’s death on a Carnival Cruise ship

Associated Press

People participate in an anti-ICE protest outside of the Governors Residence, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

A timeline of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota

By Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

Sarah Ferguson waves the to the crowd was she attends the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

Charity founded by Sarah Ferguson shuts down after release of Epstein emails with former duchess

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Community members and neighbors of people detained by ICE protest at a Target store, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Christian leaders urge the protection of worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service

By Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor. (AP video screenshot)

DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor

By Jack Brook - Associated Press

A notice encouraging neighbors of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro to display candles in their windows to honor his life is taped to an apartment door in Brookline, Mass., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for months, says DOJ

By Leah Willingham and Michael Casey - Associated Press

FILE - Police and protesters converge during a demonstration, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Recent revelations about the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor's death have reopened old wounds in Louisville's Black community and disrupted the city's efforts to restore trust in the police department. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Judge dismisses Louisville police reform proposal with the U.S. Department of Justice

By Dylan Lovan - Associated Press

FILE - Jim Troupis reads a statement after his court appearance outside a Dane County courtroom Dec. 12, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Sen. Ron Johnson asks DOJ to investigate Wisconsin judge in former Trump attorney’s case

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

FILE - President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ likely never in removal proceedings

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Two teenage boys who objected to sharing a locker room with a biological female were hit with suspensions after being found responsible for sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination by Virginia’s Loudoun County Public Schools. Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia, August 19, 2025. (Kayla Wood/The Washington Times)

Loudoun County boys who complained about girl in locker room hit with 10-day suspensions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney Ben Crump, left, stands beside Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, center; and Kenneth Walker, Taylor's boyfriend, center right, outside the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., Monday, July 21, 2025, after the sentencing of former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankinson in the raid that led to Taylor's death in 2020. (AP photo/Dylan T. Lovan)

Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

By Dylan Lovan - Associated Press

In this photo provided by WHAS-11 News, a protestor is seen detained by police outside the federal courthouse where ex-Kentucky police officer Brett Hankison, convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid, is taking place, Monday, July 21, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (Alyssa Newton/WHAS-11 News via AP)

Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

By Dylan Lovan - Associated Press