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July 9, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Mike Johnson Privately Begs MAGA Rep. to Quit Merrick Garland Scheme
House Speaker Mike Johnson is once again trying to corral his own party.
July 9, 2024
Talia Jane
Democrats Finally Take Action on Clarence Thomas’s Shady Dealings
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Ron Wyden are referring Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas to the Justice Department.
March 23, 2024
Matt Ford
The Department of Justice Takes Aim at Apple’s iPhone Empire
The agency’s antitrust suit aims to end the firm’s wide array of anticompetitive practices—and reopen the door to innovation.
March 8, 2024
Timothy Noah
The Stealth Budget Cuts Imperiling the Biden Antitrust Agenda
Why did Senate appropriators cut funding for the Justice Department’s antitrust division by 20 percent? You’ll have to ask Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
January 10, 2024
Kate Aronoff
The Biden Administration Is Letting Corporate Criminals Off the Hook
Prosecutions and enforcement from the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice have gone down on Biden’s watch.
June 19, 2023
Tori Otten
Federal Judge Orders Trump to Shut Up About Classified Docs
The Department of Justice won its first salvo with Trump, but there will be many more to come.
June 9, 2023
Tori Otten
Trump Just Blew a Big Hole in His Own Defense in Classified Docs Probe
A new recording shows Trump bragging about “secret” military information he hadn’t declassified.
September 2, 2022
Alex Shephard
Trump Is Having a Nuclear Meltdown on His Sad Social Media Platform
As he descends into demented rants and his legal team flails in his defense, Republicans have to wonder: Just how radioactive is this all going to get?
June 25, 2021
Matt Ford
Biden’s Justice Department Is Coming for You, Georgia Republicans
Attorney General Merrick Garland is suing the state over its voter suppression law—the administration’s first major response to the Republicans’ nationwide assault on elections.
June 11, 2021
Matt Ford
Trump’s Justice Department Was Even More Malicious Than We Thought
The former president and his enablers abused their power to spy on lawmakers. What will Congress do about it?
June 11, 2021
Matt Ford
Merrick Garland Is Not Your Liberal Firebrand
The attorney general wants to restore the DOJ’s independence, to the chagrin of progressives who want a more forceful response to the Trump era.
June 8, 2021
Jeff Hauser
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Max Moran
Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?
In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.
July 21, 2017
Brian Beutler
We’re on the Brink of an Authoritarian Crisis
If Trump fires Robert Mueller or pardons himself, Republicans won't do a thing about it—and our democracy will be changed forever.
June 8, 2017
Brian Beutler
Comey’s Trump Testimony Will Haunt Republicans
The former FBI director's damning account before the Senate should be the final straw. Why can't Paul Ryan see that?
May 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is terrified of Sally Yates.
August 9, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Finally, the government wants to start tracking police killings.
July 19, 2016
Sukjong Hong
The DOJ wants a SCOTUS do-over on immigration relief ruling in US v. Texas.
March 18, 2015
Cristian Farias
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Was Not Built on a Lie
Ferguson's message is as powerful as ever.
November 10, 2011
Nathan Pippenger
What Happened At Penn State Was Sadly Typical
July 15, 2010
Jonathan Chait
FOX News, The DOJ Pseudo-Scandal, And White Racial Hysteria
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