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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks during a news conference where he and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta shared the findings of a federal report into the law enforcement response to a school shooting at Robb Elementary, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

AG Merrick Garland to undergo surgery, Justice Department says

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Reggie Daniels pays his respects a memorial at Robb Elementary School, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, created to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting. Two teachers and 19 students were killed in the mass shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Reports: Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting

By Acacia Coronado and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., shown in this June 8, 2022, file photograph taken during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Congressman accuses DOJ of hiding evidence of undercover agents involved in U.S. Capitol riot

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

People with the group No Labels hold signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2013. The political organization No Labels has contemplated requiring a donation of at least $100 in order to cast a ballot at the group's upcoming nominating convention according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

No Labels’ SOS to DOJ: Help get third-party presidential candidate on state ballots

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A line of Spirit Airlines jets sit on the tarmac at the Orlando International Airport on May 20, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. A federal judge is siding with the Biden administration and blocking JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition. The Justice Department sued to block the merger, saying it would drive up fares by eliminating Spirit, the nation’s biggest low-cost airline. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Federal judge blocks JetBlue’s $3.8 billion buyout of Spirit Airlines

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Payton Gendron, center, listens as he is sentenced to life in prison without parole for domestic terrorism motivated by hate and each of the 10 counts of first-degree murder, in an Erie County courtroom, in Buffalo, N.Y., Feb 15, 2023. Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Gendron, they said in a court filing Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP, Pool, File)

Buffalo supermarket gunman who killed 10 will face the death penalty in federal hate crimes case

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

In this July 22, 2020, file photo, protesters throw flaming debris over a fence at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) ** FILE **

Riot act: Feds go hard on Jan. 6 defendants but dismissed most Portland riot cases

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A vehicle passes the Colony Ridge office sign Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. The booming Texas neighborhood is fighting back after Republican leaders took up unsubstantiated claims that it has become a magnet for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and that cartels control pockets of the neighborhood. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FLIE**

DOJ sues company behind Texas illegal immigrant shantytown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas AG Garland over DOJ’s attempted surveillance of Congress

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over abortion pill

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - 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. Lawyers for the Justice Department and JetBlue Airways are scheduled to make closing arguments Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to wrap up a trial that will decide whether JetBlue can buy Spirit Airlines, the nation’s biggest low-fare carrier. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Airfare savings grounded by Biden administration

By E.J. Antoni

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talks during a Senate Finance Committee business meeting to consider the nomination of Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social Security on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Wyden pressures Justice Department to let Apple, Google reveal foreign governments’ legal demands

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on the field during halftime in an NCAA college football game between the University of South Carolina and Clemson Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Raising the specter of Trump dictatorship aims to boost Biden; Democrats, media plan campaign

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington, as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, looks on. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

U.S. files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing American in Ukraine invasion

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Travelers wait to check luggage into their Spirit Airlines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in Houston. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Trial to determine whether JetBlue can buy Spirit, further consolidating industry, comes to a head

Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, on Oct. 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Supreme Court raises concerns with federal government agencies’ penalties versus right to jury trial

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden arrive at Fort McNair in Washington on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

House investigators subpoena key Justice Department official accused of thwarting Hunter Biden probe

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 20, 2019. Turner, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is calling for the renewal of a key U.S. government surveillance tool while also proposing a series of changes aimed at safeguarding privacy. The proposals announced Thursday are part of a late scramble inside Congress and the White House to guarantee the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act., which allows spy agencies to collect emails and other communications. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Intelligence chair says no charges against Biden for classified docs would be ‘devastating’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden's family, taking their most aggressive step yet in an impeachment inquiry bitterly opposed by Democrats that is testing the reach of congressional oversight powers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Hunter Biden wants Trump documents subpoenaed to investigate any political pressure on criminal case

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building is seen Friday, June 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Feds peruse client list of powerful ‘johns’ after bust of high-end prostitution ring

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times