The Justice Department’s independence from politics has always been a matter of rituals and appearances more than reality.

The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to fight public corruption in a matter of weeks.

A top Trump appointee guided Mr. Adams’s legal team as they crafted an argument for dismissing corruption charges against the ...

Citing the new administration, U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge for a 30-day extension to file materials ...

A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury ...

The Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

NEW YORK — The Justice Department under President Trump formally asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against ...

The US Justice Department filed court papers Friday to dismiss a corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, despite a ...

Hagan Scotten is yet another Assistant United States Attorney to submit his resignation to the Justice Department.

The move was preceded by wave of resignations of prosecutors, each refusing to sign the motion and some criticizing the Justice Department order to do so in scathing terms.

Adams was charged with federal bribery, conspiracy, and campaign finance offenses in September, but pleaded not guilty to all ...

Several senior Justice Department officials resigned in protest Thursday rather than comply with an order to drop a bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The resignations came amid ...