News breaks that the FBI is starting to obtain IP addresses of individuals who registered to vote online as it investigates voter rolls.

Reuters reports that 31% of cases charging people with attacking or impeding federal officers were dismissed under this administration — far higher than the 8% dismissal rate in all federal criminal cases.

DOJ proposes a new rule allowing immigration judges to hold attorneys and their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders. The rule will not apply to federal government attorneys or clients.

The FBI establishes a permanent fraud squad in Minnesota.

Inside Climate News details how a staff exodus and changing priorities led to the collapse of environmental enforcement at DOJ.

ProPublica reports that during this administration, judges have criticized DOJ lawyers dozens of times for “unlawful,” “unethical,” and “unseemly” conduct.

DOJ sues Colorado over in-state tuition for undocumented students.

DOJ issues a statement accusing Anne Arundel schools in Maryland of unlawfully withholding a student’s gender identity and transition information from parents.

DOJ dismisses its case against labor leader David Huerta, who was arrested during immigration protests in 2025.

Bloomberg reports that the DOJ Honors Program is becoming less attractive for law students.

News breaks that DOJ issued subpoenas to New York Times reporters in a way that violated its own internal processes.

News breaks that DOJ spent nearly $1 million on a beautification project to clean the headquarters building’s exterior walls, upgrade lighting systems, and mount banners with President Trump’s face on them.

DOJ withdraws subpoenas to New York Times reporters over its coverage of Air Force One security issues.

The White House withdraws the nomination of Konstantinos Ligris to head the Office of Justice Programs after offensive social media posts emerged.

The Antitrust Division announces it will streamline the merger review process by asking for fewer documents in second requests and requesting more later if warranted.

Rep. Jim Jordan refers Jack Smith to DOJ for a criminal investigation into allegedly making false statements during a congressional deposition.

News breaks that the National Fraud Enforcement Division will set up a public corruption unit to target state officials who oversee programs that have been defrauded.

News breaks that DOJ subpoenaed the phone records of New York Times reporters and their families as part of its investigations into leaks about Air Force One’s security issues.

The Civil Rights Division seeks the information of noncitizens on New Jersey voter rolls after news breaks that a software error mistakenly added 6,600 noncitizens to the rolls and 400 of them voted.

DOJ accuses UC San Diego School of Medicine of racial bias in favor of Black and Hispanic applicants in admissions.

DOJ announces it is investigating Harvard University over allegedly discriminatory financial aid programs.

The FBI tells employees that it will no longer investigate ICE-related shootings or assaults.

The New York Times reports that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago is facing a staffing crisis, with all seven section heads of the criminal division having left in the past year along with other senior attorneys.

DOJ submits the first-ever application to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court in an effort to deport individuals quickly.

The Wall Street Journal reports that DOJ is retreating from prosecuting corporate crime, even if prosecutors believed senior leaders were culpable. DOJ is instead opting to resolve cases with lenient agreements or no charges at all.

The New York Times reports that of the more than 400 resolved cases of protesters allegedly assaulting immigration agents, half have fallen apart with no convictions. In many cases, evidence was destroyed or withheld, prosecutors failed to claim any agents were injured, and prosecutors dropped or downgraded charges.

DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion that it is now legal to download TikTok on federal devices.

News breaks that FBI Director Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles asked government officials to turn over their phones as part of their investigation into leaks about Air Force One security issues.

DOJ subpoenas 13 law firms for information about their contact with President Trump’s personal lawyer, Boris Epshteyn, after the ABA sought similar information as part of its lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive orders against several law firms.

DOJ sues Maryland over in-state tuition and financial aid for undocumented students.

Acting Attorney General Blanche meets with Epstein survivors after Senator Tillis makes it a condition of his confirmation. The survivors later describe him as "abrasive, condescending and intentional noncommittal to survivors.”

News breaks that the FBI is considering using AI to review signatures of mail-in ballots in its review of 2020 voting records from Fulton County, Georgia.

President Trump fires the U.S. Attorney in Seattle less than an hour after he was chosen to serve by federal judges.

News breaks that DOJ notified Senator Chuck Grassley of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s retention of text messages from lawmakers as part of Smith’s investigations.

Newly released emails show that as Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche closely oversaw the work of Ed Martin and the Weaponization Working Group.

A federal judge rules the Trump-IRS deal and creation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund as collusive. She writes that President Trump’s lawyers and DOJ attempted to "use the Court to provide some legitimacy ... to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law." She also described Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s May 19 testimony before Congress as “at best, misleading and, at worst, disingenuous,” and sent disciplinary referrals for Blanche and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward to state bars.

DOJ and the Department of Defense launch a task force to investigate leaks.

DOJ sets a “25 open matters” quota for all assistant U.S. attorneys.

DOJ shares evidence related to the deaths of three individuals by ICE in Minnesota with state and local officials after months of refusing to do so.

News breaks that the White House directed FBI Director Patel to oversee a leak investigation into the New York Times’s story about Air Force One security issues, and that Patel was at the White House while planning the initiation of the investigation.

News breaks that the FBI fired two intelligence analysts who refused to participate in the review of Georgia’s 2020 election records.

A federal court vacates the remaining Jan. 6 convictions of Proud Boys at the direction of DOJ.

DOJ sues Maryland over in-state tuition for undocumented students.

News breaks that DOJ has delayed providing unredacted Epstein case files to New Mexico for the state’s investigation into Epstein’s ranch.

News breaks that DOJ declined to prosecute Alibaba and its U.S. payment processor for knowingly allowing dangerous drugs to be sold to U.S. consumers.

News breaks that Criminal Division head Tysen Duva told Health and Safety Unit prosecutors they should only bring cases that can be explained in two minutes and that will outrage their neighbors.

MS NOW reports that DOJ leadership is overruling career antitrust attorneys and pushing to rubber-stamp mergers without a full review or legal action.

Massachusetts federal court considers a rule requiring DOJ prosecutors to disclose when grand juries fail to return indictments.

Acting Attorney General Blanche dismisses a letter signed by more than 1,200 alumni and organized by Justice Connection opposing his nomination to serve as Attorney General.

DOJ sends a letter to election officials in all 50 states threatening to prosecute them if there are any instances of noncitizen voting in upcoming elections.

DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon announces that the department will send election monitors to six states during upcoming primary elections.

DOJ reaches a second settlement with Michael Flynn. The government agrees to pay Flynn an amount below $75,000 after Flynn claimed the U.S. Army withheld his retirement payments several years ago.

News breaks that DOJ plans to send election monitors to three Michigan cities for the Aug. 4 primary.

News breaks that DOJ is investigating Alaska’s Senate race where two candidates are named Dan Sullivan.

DOJ tells a federal court that it will not release any more unredacted Epstein files after a journalist sues arguing the department is withholding information.

DOJ indicts a former Olympian for allegedly vandalizing the Reflecting Pool.

FBI Special Agent in Charge in Chicago Douglas DePodesta is forced out. In his resignation letter, he writes, “I’ve never backed down from a fight, as long as it meant our personnel could continue serving the FBI’s mission. Unfortunately, that has proved unpopular over time and my departure is a consequence of that.”

DOJ sues Virginia and California over state gun restrictions.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announces it is reviewing more than 1,000 cases after misconduct revelations in the Broadview Six case.

The FBI orders 260 intelligence analysts to review voting records in an investigation into 2020 election results in Georgia.

News breaks that FBI Director Patel failed to disclose ownership of stock in a company that has a contract with DOJ.

Former CIA Director John Brennan asks a court to order DOJ to preserve any records or communications regarding his case in anticipation of bringing a vindictive prosecution motion.

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding birthright citizenship, Fraud Division head Colin McDonald directs prosecutors to prioritize “birth tourism.”

News breaks that in March, DOJ tapped two organized crime and terrorism prosecutors to lead Joint Task Force Vanguard, designed to crack down on left-wing political groups in compliance with the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7. They report directly to Todd Blanche.

News breaks that the White House secretly pressured a Merit Systems Protection Board member to accept the argument that the president can fire civil servants without due process under Article II powers.

News breaks that DOJ leaders closed an investigation into how a deadly bacteria was introduced into baby formula and reached a settlement with Abbott, even though prosecutors spent years collecting evidence and building a criminal case against the company.

DOJ announces that it will rename the Environment and Natural Resources Division to the Energy and Natural Resources Division to “advance U.S. energy dominance.”

News breaks that John Yoo will advise the Southern District of Florida’s investigation led by Joe DiGenova into a supposed grand conspiracy against President Trump. Yoo will reportedly consult on constitutional issues.

DOJ sues Michigan, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota for allegedly failing to provide five years of SNAP applicant data to the USDA.

The Department of Defense directs reserve lawyers in the Marine Corps to serve as immigration judges under “involuntary activation orders” if they do not receive enough volunteers.

News breaks that President Trump spoke with the CEO of Live Nation ahead of its antitrust settlement with DOJ. Officials from the White House Counsel’s Office were reportedly involved in negotiating settlement terms.

President Trump plans to nominate Adam Candeub to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. Candeub contributed to Project 2025, laying out ways antitrust enforcement could champion conservative causes.

News breaks that Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, who is heading the Antitrust Division until a new Assistant Attorney General is confirmed, told division staff that he prefers to settle cases and avoid going to trial.

President Trump says he instructed DOJ to investigate oil companies for price gouging.