For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.

The Justice Department’s unit tasked with enforcing federal voting laws is down from roughly 30 attorneys to about a half-dozen,, as most of its career staff has departed in the face of escalating pressure tactics from the Trump administration.

The Department of Justice is accusing the North Carolina State Board of Elections of violating a 2002 federal law, the Help America Vote Act, by not collecting the required information from voters.

Mr Trump said he had not spoken to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele about the move. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A federal appeals court declined on Wednesday to lift a judge’s ruling that blocked the Trump administration from effectively shutting down the Department of Education.

U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to confiscate $7.7 million worth of cryptocurrency seized in connection with an alleged scheme to launder money on behalf of the North Korean government. The DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint—a type of civil lawsuit in which the government tries to seize property that it says is linked to criminal activities—on Thursday.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday sought to block a Texas law that for decades has given college students without legal residency in the U.S. access to reduced in-state tuition rates, the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on immigration into the country.