Baltimore has a new lead community liaison for the monitoring team overseeing the federal consent decree mandating the reform of the city's police department.

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Justice Department lawyers appeared on Friday to be challenging a decision to allow a case accusing President Donald Trump of violating the U.S. Constitution to move forward.

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The Justice Department on Wednesday released an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general.

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A former recruiter of U.S. military language interpreters is accused of recruiting unqualified language interpreters for deployment alongside U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012.

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The Justice Department has launched an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of youth by Catholic clergy across the state of Pennsylvania, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Baltimore officials on Tuesday assured the federal judge overseeing the implementation of the consent decree that they still expect to name a new police commissioner by the end of the month.

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Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court has put a spotlight on the dozens of federal cases pitting the Trump administration against Democratic-leaning states.

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Despite command shake-ups that have roiled the already troubled Baltimore Police Department, top officials say the force is adhering to the reform schedule set under its consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice.

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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a denaturalization lawsuit against a Maryland man who authorities say concealed his sexual abuse of a child.

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts describe their findings in court, a push that comes months after similar efforts dating to the Obama administration were suspended. The ...

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