Justice Department

The Justice Department is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the law and defending the interests of the United States in legal matters. It prosecutes federal crimes and represents the government in court.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news for its perceived lack of action on a key campaign promise, its internal disputes, and significant shifts in its enforcement policies regarding corporate crime and mergers.

Latest on Justice Department

• Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn’t delivered.
• Trump disputes his own Justice Department’s findings on Reflecting Pool
• US justice department to streamline company merger reviews
• US Justice Department investigating whether Harvard aid programmes are discriminatory
• The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime
• Justice Department announces hundreds of charges in multibillion-dollar health care fraud crackdown
• Prosecutors have declined to charge businesses in a number of recent cases
• the Justice Department's decision to settle Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service by creating a since-abandoned US$1.8 billion fund
• Justice Department — Implementation of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes
• Justice Department — Implementing PATRIOT Act Improvements: Contraband Cigarettes and Smoke
• Justice Department — Registering Emergency Medical Services Agencies Under the Protecting P

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