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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks

By: Glenn Thrush —
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.

Under its chief, Harmeet Dhillon, the civil rights division of the Justice Department has pushed hard to replenish the ranks of a unit that was once a magnet for top legal talent.

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Wrongly Indicted Man Seeks Inquiry of Official Conduct in Reflecting Pool Case

By: Devlin Barrett —
Lawyers for the former Olympian David Hearn accused prosecutors of ignoring their own evidence to indict him and then providing “blatantly false” information about what they knew when.

Charges were dismissed against David Hearn, the former Olympian wrongly accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, and a judge has barred prosecutors from trying to revive the case against him.

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Trump Is Getting Desperate. It Shows.

By: Liz Oyer —
The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.
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Blanche Defends Pirro but Says Trump Can Fire Her at Any Time

By: Devlin Barrett —
The head of the Justice Department praised the U.S. attorney in Washington after her tense meeting with the president.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said that President Trump “has every right to be extraordinarily frustrated with the damage done to our national monuments in this city and elsewhere.”

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Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal

By: Michael Gold， Andrew Duehren and Hari Raj —
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.

Todd Blanche speaking at the Capitol last month.

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Trump Escalates Feud With Senate Over Blanche

By: Michael Gold —
The president’s comments threw the confirmation of Todd Blanche, his pick to be attorney general, further into doubt.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday.

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Trump to Appeal Judge’s Ruling Denouncing I.R.S. Lawsuit as Exercise in Self-Dealing

By: Alan Feuer and Andrew Duehren —
It was the latest sign that the president was doubling down on his fight for aspects of a deal that brings him vast benefits, even though they have jeopardized the confirmation of his pick for attorney general.

President Trump reiterated his support for the so-called anti-weaponization fund in a social media post on Friday.

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Todd Blanche’s Loyalty to Trump Is Putting His Attorney General Confirmation at Risk

By: Glenn Thrush —
Todd Blanche’s approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.

Todd Blanche, according to current and former officials, understands that coping with President Trump’s demands, rages and U-turns is the price to pay for rising in his orbit.

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How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar

By: Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev —
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.

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Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before

By: Noah Shachtman —
There’s no telling where this leads.

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Trump’s Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named Trump

By: Peter Baker —
No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.

President Trump seems even less inhibited by the rules, written or unwritten, that governed his predecessors.

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Trump’s Fund Shows Blanche Choosing Loyalty Over Pushing Back

By: Glenn Thrush —
Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump’s political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role as acting attorney general.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during an appearance before the Senate appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.

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How the $1.8 Billion Trump Fund May Violate Past Practice and Policy

By: Devlin Barrett —
The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to violate the administration’s own policies.

On Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general in February 2025, she signed a directive that appeared to prohibit the kind of fund the Trump administration established this week.

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What is Trump’s $1.776 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund?

By: Andrew Duehren —
The Trump administration is creating a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people it says were wronged by the federal government, a group that could be largely made up of the president’s allies.

The Justice Department is tapping an unlimited fund created by Congress to settle lawsuits filed against the government.

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Firing Squads Expose the Brutality of the Death Penalty

By: Maurice Chammah —
America is returning to firing squad executions after failing to find a more humane way to carry out the death penalty.
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Judge Asks Justice Department: Will You Oppose Trump?

By: Andrew Duehren —
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to explain whether it intends to contest President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the I.R.S. over the disclosure of his tax returns.

President Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns to news media outlets, arguing that the agency should have done more to prevent the disclosures.

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DOJ Secures New James Comey Indictment Over Alleged Threat Against Trump

By: Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager —
The new case stems from a social media post showing seashells on a North Carolina beach that the Trump administration characterized as a threat against the president.

James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was indicted last year by a grand jury in Virginia, accused of lying and obstructing a congressional investigation over testimony he gave in 2020. The charge was later dismissed.

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F.B.I. Said to Dig Up Old Investigative Files on Democratic Lawmaker

By: Edward Wong and Devlin Barrett —
The urgent instructions at the Trump administration’s behest to gather and relay the files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed some career law enforcement officials.

Representative Eric Swalwell of California, one of President Trump’s most vocal critics in the House, said that he was being targeted by the Trump administration.

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Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little

By: Benjamin Weiser， Matthew Goldstein and Mike Baker —
Decades of tips and investigations yielded charges against only two people. A combination of missed chances, narrow laws and prosecutors’ limited focus helps explain why.

An undated photo of Jeffrey Epstein released by the Justice Department.

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