Steve Neavling

Two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah allegedly funneled confiscated drugs back into the market through an informant, generating up to $300,000 in illicit profits, court documents reveal.

Federal prosecutors bypassed certain Justice Department protocols when obtaining the phone and email records of journalists during leak investigations under the Trump administration, according to a new report from the department’s inspector general, the Associated Press reports.

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray’s announcement on Wednesday that he will resign at the end of President Biden’s term has prompted a response from the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), which represents more than 14,000 active and former Special Agents.

Christopher A. Wray’s decision to step down as FBI director marks a potential turning point for the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, ushering in an era where the role of director could become increasingly tied to political shifts in Washington, The New York Times reports.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican attorney and GOP national committeewoman for California, to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

A former FBI informant pleaded guilty Monday to providing false information to federal authorities about Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden in the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election.

The Justice Department’s civil rights division has long been a cornerstone of accountability in the United States, investigating cases of police misconduct, employment and housing discrimination, and abuses in jails and prisons.

This week, F.B.I. agents conducted a search at the home of Brian Williams, a deputy mayor of Los Angeles, as part of a probe into an alleged bomb threat directed at City Hall earlier in the year.

A man admitted in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday to secretly working on behalf of the Chinese government to operate an illicit police outpost in Lower Manhattan as part of Beijing’s efforts to suppress dissent and stifle criticism abroad.

Federal prosecutors have charged a Virginia college freshman with a weapon-of-mass-destruction offense, alleging he plotted a violent attack on Israel’s general consulate in New York City using a bomb, assault rifle, or suicide vest.