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A corn field is seen near Schyler, Neb., in this Nov. 30, 2017. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration announced on June 7, 2018 it would open an Omaha field office to help combat the opiod epidemic in Nebraska and neighboring plains states. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

DEA launching Nebraska field office to fight opioid crisis in plains states

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration on Jeff Sessions by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Jeff Sessions continues to safeguard the First Amendment right to religious freedom

By Steve King

Feds adding 4 more prosecutors in Southern District

Associated Press

Firm settles with Justice Department in Libyan bribery probe

Associated Press

Customers look at iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus phones at an Apple Store in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Many of Apple's newest products came out Friday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Justice Department urged to investigate inflated encrypted-phone statistic

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Texas to meet with families of the Santa Fe school shooting victims, and to attend Republican fundraisers, Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump Twitter: Justice Department appeals judge’s ruling that president can’t block users

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks as the keynote speaker at the Michigan Chapter of the Federalist Society's Annual Dinner & Grano Award Presentation at the Inn at St. John's, in Plymouth, Mich., Thursday, May 31, 2018. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

Justice Department to add 300 new prosecutors

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump attends a Change of Command ceremony at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Friday, June 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump claims ‘absolute right’ to pardon himself, sparks constitutional clash

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 19, 2016, file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. Nearly two-thirds of Americans expressed support for stricter gun laws, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Saturday, July 23, 2016. A majority of poll respondents oppose banning handguns. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Banned gun buyers beat background checks, are rarely prosecuted when caught

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This undated photo made available by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shows heroin fentanyl pills. (DEA via AP)

DOJ seizes two websites in fentanyl busts; charges owners

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 14, 2017 file photo, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP’s Gowdy rejects Trump’s ‘spy’ claim, defends FBI probe

By ANNE FLAHERTY - Associated Press

Bayer selling $9B in ag business ahead of Monsanto merger

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

The Latest: DOJ sent last 48 untested sexual kits to labs

Associated Press

Australian Roman Catholic nun Sr. Patricia Fox, center, is greeted by fellow nuns as she arrives to file her at the Justice Department shortly after filing a petition seeking to review a Bureau of Immigration order revoking her missionary visa, Friday, May 25, 2018, in Manila, Philippines. Sr. Pat, who irked the Philippine president for joining political rallies, has defied an Immigration Bureau order for her to leave the Philippines and appealed to justice officials to allow her to continue her missionary work for the poor and victims of injustice. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Australian nun who irked Philippine leader fights expulsion

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. The Drug Enforcement Administration does a poor job overseeing the millions of dollars in payments it distributes to confidential sources, relies on tipsters who operate with minimal oversight or direction and has paid informants who are no longer meant to be used, according to a government watchdog report issued Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. . (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Azat Martirossian, ex-Armenian ambassador to China, and Vitaly Leskov indicted in bribe scheme

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies about the FY2019 budget, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Capitol Hill braces for DOJ, FBI briefings on accusations they spied on Trump 2016 campaign

By Jeff Mordock and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Authorities said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has been the brunt of such venom. (Associated Press)

Congressmen face death threats from anti-Trump #Resistance

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Justice Department launches elder abuse website

Associated Press

In this file photo, former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Peabody Hotel Monday, April 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ** FILE **

Holder urges DOJ/FBI to unconstitutionally defy President: ‘Protect the institutions’

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

Illustration on examining the FISA court by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

FISA judges need to examine their own procedures for avoiding political bias

By Daniel Gallington