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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects to the victims of the mass shooting, Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden visits Uvalde to grieve, pledge action

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the final passage of a measure to create domestic terrorism units in the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Senate GOP blocks Dems’ domestic terrorism bill, warn it threatened to target left’s political foes

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Typo’ concealed Clinton lawyer’s connection to Trump-Russia allegations, FBI agent testifies

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland attends a news conference to announce actions to enhance the Biden administration's environmental justice efforts, Thursday, May 5, 2022, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Whistleblowers: FBI probed parents under counterterrorism ‘threat tag’ for protesting school boards

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Attorney General Merrick Garland attends a news conference Thursday, May 5, 2022, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Frustration builds over DOJ’s lackluster response to protests at Supreme Court justices’ homes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland listens to a reporter's question during a news conference to announce actions to enhance the Biden administration's environmental justice efforts, Thursday, May 5, 2022, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

U.S. Marshals ordered to protect Supreme Court justices amid rising protests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Jim Jordan demands briefing by FBI director on retaliation against agents at Jan. 6 protest

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during the Chiefs of Police Executive Forum, at the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden to crack down on polluters in poor, minority areas

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz testifies at a Senate committee on FISA investigation hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

DOJ inspector general mulls probe into FBI retaliation against agents at Jan. 6 protest

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this July 17, 2016 file photo, then-Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday, April 28, 2022, against Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort — who was convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and later pardoned — seeking to recover nearly $3 million from undeclared foreign bank accounts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

DOJ sues Trump ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort for nearly $3 million

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to discuss the fiscal year 2023 budget of the Department of Justice at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP)

AG Garland defends independence of Hunter Biden probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Mass transit riders wear masks as they commute in the financial district of lower Manhattan, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in New York. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, Fla., on April 18, 2022, voided the national travel mask mandate as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials. The mask mandate that covers travel on airplanes and other public transportation was recently extended by President Joe Biden's administration until May 3. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Biden could try to run out the clock on transportation mask mandate: experts

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Syringes and a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are displayed at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Batavia, Ill., on March 19, 2021. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP, File)

DOJ: 21 people charged nationwide with $150M in COVID fraud

By Michael Balsamo and Jennier McDermott - Associated Press

Mass transit riders wear masks as they commute in the financial district of lower Manhattan, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in New York. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, Fla., on April 18, 2022, voided the national travel mask mandate as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials. The mask mandate that covers travel on airplanes and other public transportation was recently extended by President Joe Biden's administration until May 3. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Canceled public transportation mask mandate prompts patchwork of rules across U.S.

By Tom Howell Jr. and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, on Aug. 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

House sends contempt charges on Navarro, Scavino to DOJ

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has identified a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building, according to a person familiar with the probe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

House Jan. 6 committee ups pressure on DOJ to indict Trump figures for contempt

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

This June 14, 2018, file photo shows an FBI seal on a podium before a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Washington. The FBI and other federal government agencies are increasingly looking to counter cyberthreats through tools other than criminal indictments. That's according to the bureau’s top cyber official. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden scraps Trump plan to keep FBI headquarters in D.C.

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro holds his notes after a television interview at the White House, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Washington. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is pushing ahead with contempt charges against former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in response to their monthslong refusal to comply with subpoenas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Jan. 6 committee hits Trump figures Navarro, Scavino with contempt of Congress charge

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration's foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Top GOP voice on foreign affairs slams plummeting federal espionage indictments

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A FBI wanted poster for Sun Qiang is visible as Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Matthew Olsen, left, accompanied by Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, second from left, and FBI's Counterintelligence Division Assistant Director Alan Kohler Jr., right, speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, to discuss recent law enforcement actions to address transnational repression. The Justice Department says a Chinese operative sought to undermine the congressional candidacy of a Chinese dissident in New York, including by seeking to uncover or even manufacture derogatory information that would cause him to lose the race. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. accuses five of spying and harassing China’s critics, effort to smear congressional candidate

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times