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This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. A federal judge on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to force longtime casino developer Steve Wynn to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work it said he conducted at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Judge hands casino magnate Steve Wynn a win, ruling he did not have to register as foreign agent

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Biden's student loan debt plan unconstitutional illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

DOJ opinion supporting loan forgiveness ignores the ‘major questions doctrine’

By By Shawn M. Flynn and Jared J. Roberts

Demonstrators turn out for “Ohio March for Life” to support ending abortion access in Ohio at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (Barbara Perenic /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Flurry of pro-life arrests spurs charges Biden administration is trying to ‘intimidate’ Christians

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden leaves after President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

A White House headache that won’t go away: DOJ’s Hunter Biden inquiry back in spotlight

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Republicans launch inquiry into FBI raid on pro-life activist as part of ‘politicization’ probe

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Trump versus Biden's Justice Department (DOJ) Appointees Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Trump botched DOJ appointments; Biden is relishing his

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump tosses caps to the crowd as he steps onstage during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP) **FILE**

Legal bills, pardons, insurance forms among documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys Linsey Halligan, James Trusty, and Chris Kise arrive at Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in New York. Lawyers for Trump and for the Justice Department are to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday before a veteran judge named last week as special master to review the roughly 11,000 documents — including about 100 marked as classified — taken during the FBI's Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

DOJ wins court fight to fast-track its appeal of special master reviewing Trump documents

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. The Internal Revenue Service says it is conducting a comprehensive review of safety at its facilities. The action comes in response to an increasing number of threats borne of conspiracy theories that agents were going to aggressively target middle-income taxpayers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Feds accuse five IRS employees of scamming COVID relief loans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump tosses caps to the crowd as he holds a rally on Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) **FILE**

Supreme Court rejects challenge to DOJ ‘filter teams’ determining fate of seized Trump documents

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump listens to applause from the crowd as he steps up to the podium at a rally Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) **FILE**

Trump asks court to wait until 2023 to hear special master appeal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

FBI accused of a targeted ‘purge’ of conservative employees, and now Congress wants answers

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

FBI lawyers ‘inappropriately’ weighed in on sensitive cases, DOJ watchdog says

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Pages from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta ruling that lifts a judge's hold on the Justice Department's ability to use classified documents seized by the FBI at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, are photographed Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The ruling clears the way for the department to immediately resume its use of the documents in its investigation.(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Document storage companies don’t want to work with Trump, DOJ says

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320, left, passes a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 as it taxis on the runway, July 7, 2022, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

U.S. case against American Airlines and JetBlue heads to court

By David Koenig - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up as he steps off Air Force One, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., at the Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sen. John Barrasso: Presidents can’t declassify documents ‘by saying so’ or ‘by thinking about it’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys Linsey Halligan, James Trusty, and Chris Kise arrive at Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in New York. Lawyers for Trump and for the Justice Department are to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday before a veteran judge named last week as special master to review the roughly 11,000 documents — including about 100 marked as classified — taken during the FBI's Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

Special master skeptical of Trump’s declassification claims: ‘Can’t have cake and eat it, too’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Aimee Bock, the executive director of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, speaks, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 in St. Anthony, Minn. Federal authorities charged 47 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts on Tuesday, Set. 2022, in what they said was a massive scheme that took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to steal $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Feeding Our Future’s founder and executive director, Aimee Bock, was among those indicted, and authorities say she and others in her organization submitted the fraudulent claims for reimbursement and received kickbacks. (Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via AP)

Feds charge 47 people with defrauding $250 million from food program for kids in need

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar) **FILE**

Trump warns ‘chaos’ will ensue if probe resumes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. A document purporting to be from the U.S. government and claiming the Treasury Department had information related to the search at Mar-a-Lago was a fabrication. A review of court documents and interviews by The Associated Press shows identical documents were filed in a separate case brought by a federal inmate at a prison medical center in North Carolina.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Justice Department asks appeals court to lift judge’s Mar-a-Lago probe hold

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press