Plus: Hackers take over Atlanta, demand ransom to lift lock on city computers.
Did they follow appropriate procedures to get permission to wiretap?
Judge allows until summer for an unprecedented disclosure of warrant info from one of our most secretive courts.
The Justice Department wants to block three laws that it says hamper immigration enforcement.
A total of 32 claims of tax and bank fraud in concealing foreign income.
Thirteen individuals and three companies accused of conspiracy against the U.S., wire fraud, and identity theft.
Billy Williams wants to work with state marijuana regulators to address his concerns about "overproduction and diversion."
U.S. prosecutors in Northern Georgia alone helped collect millions in asset forfeiture actions, civil and criminal fines last year.
Eight out of 13 have indicated that Jeff Session's marijuana memo won't affect their prosecutorial decisions.
The federal "shutdown" doesn't lead to anarchy. It won't even lead to less government spending.
The government now says it will prosecute only those it can prove committed specific criminal acts.
Will faulty, incomplete statistics be used to justify a crackdown?
That includes the president, who said marijuana legalization "should be up to the states."
Will bipartisan criticism of Jeff Sessions' marijuana memo inspire legislative action?
Vermont is close to becoming the first state in the country to legalize marijuana via legislation instead of relying on a referendum.
Pot prohibition gives vast discretion to U.S. attorneys, who have never prosecuted more than a tiny percentage of offenders.
Charges dismissed, convictions vacated for family convicted of growing legal medical marijuana
The attorney general's memo gives U.S. attorneys the discretion they always had to target state-legal marijuana suppliers.
Sources say he's rescinding a memo that restricted Justice Department's role under Obama administration.
Accountability starts at home.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that Americans get due process when accused of terrorism, and yet...
The FBI's handling of the Michael Flynn case is disturbing.
DOJ argues workers are being forced to subsidize political positions with which they may disagree.
Expect more raids and more arrests.
Twisted incentives? What are those? Rod Rosenstein doesn't seem to have heard of them.
The House passed amendments this fall blocking Jeff Sessions' asset forfeiture directive. Now senators want to make it stick.
Why didn't the Obama administration do anything?
This is not about Donald Trump, Russia, or the 2016 election.
"Much of the addiction starts with marijuana."
After trying for years to imprison the Kettle Falls Five as drug dealers, prosecutors concede they are patients protected by federal law.
What Rosenstein wants would threaten data security. That's hardly responsible.
An increase in ambush deaths feeds a "war on cops" narrative, but the numbers remain small.
Microsoft resisted order for emails on servers in Ireland.
The web host can redact user info unless the Justice Department provides evidence of criminal activity.
Mostly, memo reiterates what religious freedom protections mean.
In a country with so many crimes, many laws don't require proof citizens knew they were doing wrong.
The bill offers many, many exemptions.
In a rebuke to Jeff Sessions, the House of Representatives approved several bipartisan amendments to block his asset forfeiture directive.
Trump administration argues the First Amendment protects right to decline.
Preliminary estimates for 2017 show small drops in violence and murder.
Actual accountability in the Windy City, thanks to a federal jury.
Federal prosecutors say they did not realize how broad their warrant was.
The Department of Justice says it's shutting down the dragnet program that targeted porn makers, payday lenders, gun shops, and other small businesses.
By asking states to regulate marijuana better, the attorney general concedes that prohibition is gone for good.
A fishing expedition to try to track down anybody who disrupted Inauguration Day events in D.C.
Some criminal justice groups worry the group will not be independent.
The president lacks subtlety or substance over a chronic public health problem-go figure.
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