Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search history of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation
February 12, 2026
During a hearing, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to apologize to victims of Jeffrey Epstein, who were in the room, after the Justice Department failed to black out identifying information about many of Epstein’s victims.
February 11, 2026
Published Epstein files included video showing the face of an undercover FBI employee
February 12, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a wide-ranging, passionate defense of President Donald Trump, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in which she postured herself as the Republican’s chief protector
February 11, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts
February 11, 2026
Democrats are denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”
February 11, 2026
Justice Department un-redacts more names in Epstein files after pressure from lawmakers
February 10, 2026
Trump told police in mid 2000s ‘everyone has known’ about Epstein’s misconduct
February 10, 2026
The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index
February 10, 2026
Lawmakers suggest at least a half-dozen men are being protected by over-redactions in Epstein files
February 10, 2026
Justice Department seeks to dismiss Steve Bannon’s Capitol riot contempt case
February 09, 2026
A rift between Trump’s favorite lawyers exposes a broader MAGA divide in the administration
February 07, 2026
The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to choke off cartels’ financial networks, targeting the money launderers who are increasingly relying on cryptocurrency to move drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico
February 05, 2026
Justice Department under scrutiny for revealing victim info and concealing possible enablers in Epstein files
February 05, 2026
Nude photos
February 04, 2026
A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post
February 04, 2026
Justice Department review found Trump ally Ed Martin improperly leaked grand jury material in probe of president’s foes
February 04, 2026
A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein says a Wednesday conference to address harm done to the financier's victims by a massive release of records isn't needed after a deal was struck to protect their identities
February 03, 2026
Epstein victims’ lawyers ask judges to force takedown of released files, citing ‘thousands of redaction failures’
February 02, 2026
The Justice Department says it has taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information after lawyers for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's victims complained of insufficient redactions
February 02, 2026
Ed Martin has been removed as head of the Justice Department group tasked with scrutinizing the federal prosecutions of President Donald Trump
February 02, 2026
Justice Department expected to ramp up efforts to deliver on Trump’s ‘weaponization’ priorities
February 02, 2026
Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein
February 01, 2026
A top Justice Department official is playing down the possibility of additional criminal charges arising from the Jeffrey Epstein files
February 01, 2026
What’s inside the latest Epstein files released by the Justice Department
January 31, 2026
The release of many more records from Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein is revealing more about what investigators knew of his sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton
January 30, 2026
The Justice Department has released over 3 million pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
January 30, 2026
A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019
January 30, 2026
Justice Department expects to release its Epstein files soon, top officials say
January 28, 2026
Justice Department bracing for more resignations in Minnesota
January 29, 2026
The Justice Department says in a sharply worded court filing that a report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents belongs in the “dustbin of history” and should remain sealed
January 23, 2026
Federal prosecutors say a Pentagon contractor has been indicted on charges that he illegally handled classified national defense information that he took home from work and later gave to a news reporter
January 23, 2026
Vice President JD Vance says the Insurrection Act won’t be needed “right now” in Minneapolis after meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city, which has emerged as a national focal point in the clash over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
January 22, 2026
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing
January 22, 2026
Judge rejects Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against Don Lemon
January 22, 2026
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. CNN has reached out to Walz’s and Frey’s offices for comment.
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term
January 17, 2026
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell
January 16, 2026
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis
January 13, 2026
DOJ pleads with lawyers to get through ‘grind’ of Epstein files as criticism of redactions continues
January 13, 2026
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments
January 13, 2026
Justice Department fires top career prosecutor in Lindsey Halligan-led office
January 12, 2026
The head of the FBI’s New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his departure last week
January 09, 2026
A judge has disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James
January 08, 2026
On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened
January 06, 2026
DOJ says it has released less than 1% of its Epstein files and is still reviewing more than 2 million documents
January 06, 2026
Justice Department uses Maduro case to defend Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations
January 06, 2026
A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice
January 02, 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without President Donald Trump
December 31, 2025
The Justice Department released a new batch of documents from Epstein investigation. President Donald Trump’s name is mentioned many times in the documents, including in references to flight records related to Epstein’s private plane. Authorities have not accused Trump of criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein and the DOJ said some of the materials include “untrue and sensationalist” claims about the president. CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports.
December 24, 2025
The Justice Department says that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks,” further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress
December 24, 2025
‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents
December 24, 2025
DOJ says letter signed by ‘J. Epstein’ and referencing ‘our president’ is fake
December 23, 2025
John Brennan accuses Justice Department of possible judge shopping and grand jury leaks
December 23, 2025
A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence
December 22, 2025
Judge presses Trump administration on its plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
December 22, 2025
Lawyers for former CIA Director John Brennan want the Justice Department to be prevented from steering an investigation of him and other former government officials to a “favored” judge in Florida who dismissed the classified documents case against President Donald Trump
December 22, 2025
What to know so far about the Justice Department’s release of Epstein files — and what questions remain
December 22, 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline
December 21, 2025
Newly released files from the Justice Department investigation into Jeffrey Epstein include several photos of former President Bill Clinton
December 20, 2025
The Department of Justice has released some of its records related to its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein
December 19, 2025
Epstein files vindicate a survivor who reported him in the 1990s, but others are still seeking answers
December 20, 2025
The Justice Department has released thousands of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump Friday did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individuals
December 19, 2025
Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell
December 19, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration
December 18, 2025
Exclusive: Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say
December 18, 2025
Justice Department tried to bring a third felony charge against Letitia James
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump has delivered a speech where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond
December 17, 2025
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss
December 17, 2025
Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell launches Hail Mary bid to wipe away her conviction
December 17, 2025
What to know about the upcoming Epstein files release
December 17, 2025
As DOJ seeks to recharge Comey, judge deprives prosecutors from accessing key evidence for now
December 13, 2025
A federal judge says the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use for a potential criminal case against the former FBI director
December 13, 2025
The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March
December 12, 2025
Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado draws a huge Madrid rally and rebuffs meeting with Spain's Sánchez
Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30
ADB chief warns of yen pressure from Japan's too-slow rate hikes
Pope Leo says spat with Trump is not focus of his Africa trip
Trump accelerates research on psychedelic treatments and asks, ‘Can I have some?’
Royals manager Matt Quatraro ejected after top of first inning in game against the Yankees
Pope Leo addresses spat with Trump, says ‘debate’ is not focus of his Africa trip