Justice Department

Trump said on Friday that he doesn't know Matthew Whitaker. Last month on television, the president said not only that he knew him but that he is a "great guy."

The chief of staff to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Whitaker is a former U.S. attorney with a history of questioning the scope of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Sessions was an early Trump supporter, but he quickly lost the president's favor after recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Democrats immediately expressed concern about the probe's fate.

The president responded to a question by NPR's Ayesha Rascoe by citing Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein's denials of comments attributed to him in a recent bombshell news report.

The Justice Department will meet with state attorneys generals this month as part of an investigation of whether social media companies are censoring…

Under the Flores settlement, immigrant minors can't be held in jail-like settings and can't be held for longer than 20 days. The government's move to circumvent that will likely end up in court.

A standoff is heating up between the Trump administration and local leaders who are trying to open facilities where people can use opioids under the eye of medical staff.

The Justice Department says Harvard has "failed to show that it does not unlawfully discriminate against Asian-Americans." Harvard says it doesn't discriminate against any group.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to Cleveland on Wednesday to announce a series of actions against people accused of illegally distributing opioids. The steps by the Justice Department target two Ohio doctors, two Chinese citizens and a number of others. “Today’s announcements are a warning to every trafficker, every crooked doctor or pharmacist, every drug company, every chairman and foreign national and company that puts greed before the lives and health of the American people,” Sessions said.

The federal judge issued the order after learning a mother and daughter involved in a lawsuit challenging new asylum rules had been deported despite assurances to the court they would not be removed.