Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder

Republicans roasted Attorney General Merrick Garland on social media after a video of him doing a victory lap while leaving the Department of Justice became viral. In the clip, which was posted on Friday via X, a celebratory Garland walked and thanked cheering department staffers while the outgoing AG exited out of the building.

After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.

WASHINGTON − A federal appeals court cleared the way Thursday for Attorney General Merrick Garland to release ... while preparing to return to the White House on Jan. 20. The appeals decision opens the door for Garland to release the report.

Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years under former President

Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Justice Department Thursday against claims that it has been weaponized, and warned of a need for independence from the White House. Garland made the ...

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

A federal judge blocked the release of Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's classified documents case because his co-defendants face a possible trial

Cannon told the Justice Department to keep the report under wraps, raising the likelihood it will never be seen by the public.

President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and others who may have faced scrutiny under the incoming Donald Trump administration.

Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to restore public faith in the Justice Department but became a punching bag for partisans across the political spectrum.

Washington – During hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination to be President Joe Biden's attorney general, the longtime federal appeals court judge told senators in 2021 that he hoped to “turn down the volume” on public discourse about the Justice Department and return to the days when the agency was not the “center of partisan disagreement.”