Even as President Donald Trump and other national Republican leaders push to expand the use of capital punishment, some GOP-led states are moving in the opposite direction.

FirstEnergy's lobbyists, and an executive, continued to refuse to answer questions Thursday to avoid self-incrimination.

A new wave of cuts targeting career government workers has begun after Trump ordered federal agencies on February 26 to ...

The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...

The Trump administration said it is sending a letter to Ohio State University notifying the school that it is under ...

A previously deported Guatemalan man, Baudilio Ramos, is charged with illegal re-entry into the U.S. and failing to register ...

March 9 (UPI) --The Justice Department said Sunday it is investigating ... Officials for Ukraine and the United States have proposed a 30-day cease-fire in Ukraine and await a response from ...

For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. Now, as ...

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have filed a formal complaint against District of Columbia U.S. attorney Ed ...

Two of three put on leave worked on the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams. The Justice Department on Friday put three federal prosecutors in Manhattan on leave, sources familiar with the matter told ...

Some of the Chileans charged in the burglaries traveled legally without visas and should have been prescreened as required by ...