U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Justice: a running story on the front pages of 8 newsrooms from 6 February 2026 to 2 June 2026, 59 headlines over 117 days.

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2 June 2026

• Wall Street Journal The Justice Department said it would abide by a court order directing it to temporarily halt work on the nearly $1.8 billion fund during a legal challenge.

1 June 2026

• Wall Street Journal The president has asked the Justice Department to investigate more than four dozen enemies, leading to a spate of prosecutions.

28 May 2026

• CNN Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
• AP Biden sues Justice Department to stop release of audio and transcripts tied to special counsel probe
• Wall Street Journal Justice Department Opens Probe Into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll

24 May 2026

• AP Trump's Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants

19 May 2026

• AP Justice Department announces a $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit

14 May 2026

• CNN Justice Department considers settling Trump’s $10 billion IRS leak lawsuit

9 May 2026

• New York Times Justice Department Wants to Strip 12 Americans of Citizenship

4 May 2026

• Wall Street Journal The group faces investigations from the Justice Department and congressional Republicans six months before the 2026 midterms.

3 May 2026

• Wall Street Journal The group faces investigations from the Justice Department and congressional Republicans less than eight months before the midterm elections.

29 April 2026

• Wall Street Journal The indictment is the second secured by the Justice Department against the former FBI director.

28 April 2026

• AP Justice Department cites dinner shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit

26 April 2026

• South China Morning Post Trump Justice Department adds firing squads for federal executions

25 April 2026

• New York Times Justice Department Closes Inquiry of Fed Chair Pushed by Trump
• CNN Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions
• South China Morning Post Trump Justice Department adds firing squads for federal executions
• Wall Street Journal The Justice Department also reauthorized single-drug lethal injections in an effort to expedite capital punishment cases.

24 April 2026

• CNN Justice Department watchdog to review handling of Epstein files

23 April 2026

• Wall Street Journal The Justice Department alleges that the civil rights organization, which targeted groups like the Ku Klux Klan, defrauded donors.

22 April 2026

• Wall Street Journal The Justice Department alleges that the civil rights organization, which targeted groups like the Ku Klux Klan, defrauded donors.
• AP Justice Department files complaint against Washington and its sewage authority for massive spill

20 April 2026

• AP Fears of looser standards as the FBI and Justice Department scramble to fill a depleted workforce

18 April 2026

• Al Jazeera US judge blocks Justice Department bid to seize voter data in Rhode Island

10 April 2026

• Wall Street Journal Justice Department Opens Investigation Into NFL

9 April 2026

• CNN Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general

7 April 2026

• Wall Street Journal The former Trump adviser served a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. Trump’s Justice Department has now sought to dismiss the charges.

5 April 2026

• Wall Street Journal The acting attorney general must lead a Justice Department in turmoil while satisfying the president’s demands.

4 April 2026

• Fox News Why Trump fired Bondi and chose this moment for a Justice Department reset

3 April 2026

• New York Times ‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department

27 March 2026

• Fox News Justice Department revokes citizenship of two, targets third in marriage fraud case

26 March 2026

• South China Morning Post Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Flynn for US$1.2 million

24 March 2026

• CNN Judge appoints new US attorney in NJ after courts rejected Justice Department workarounds

20 March 2026

• CNN Justice Department seizes several websites it says spread terrorist propaganda
• AP Democrats storm out of Justice Department leaders' briefing on the Epstein files
• Fox News Justice Department tells Letitia James transgender case has no merit
• Wall Street Journal Justice Department leaders offered to meet with lawmakers in the midst of sustained criticism over their handling of files on the sex offender.

14 March 2026

• CNN Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

11 March 2026

• CNN Judge scolds Live Nation and Justice Department for secret settlement talks

10 March 2026

• AP Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case
• CNN Justice Department posts FBI interview memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation
• CNN Nation settles antitrust lawsuit with Justice Department

8 March 2026

• BBC News Withheld Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department

7 March 2026

• BBC News Withheld Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department
• CNN Justice Department posts FBI interview memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation
• Al Jazeera Epstein files with claims against Trump released by US Justice Department

6 March 2026

• CNN Justice Department posts FBI interviews related to Trump sex abuse allegation

2 March 2026

• Wall Street Journal Several women told investigators after Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death that they were sexually abused by his associates. The Justice Department has said the files include unverified allegations.

27 February 2026

• New York Times Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files
• AP Trump's pick to lead new Justice Department unit scrutinized as president declares 'war on fraud'
• CNN Justice Department suit accuses UCLA of failing to protect Jewish employees from campus hostility

26 February 2026

• CNN Meet the man Trump picked to pursue his war on fraud at the Justice Department
• Wall Street Journal The Justice Department didn’t release notes from several interviews a woman gave to FBI agents in 2019.

22 February 2026

• AP Justice Department swiftly fires lawyer chosen as top federal prosecutor for Virginia office

20 February 2026

• CNN Giant banner of Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters

16 February 2026

• CNN Justice Department lists hundreds of prominent people named in Epstein files in letter to Congress

11 February 2026

• CNN Justice Department violated nearly 100 orders, federal judge says

9 February 2026

• New York Times U.S. Department of Justice

6 February 2026

• AP Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about 'illegal orders'