Carrie Johnson

A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump adviser Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.

A federal grand jury has indicted Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress. He failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Two other Trump aides won't face the same charges.

A jury has acquitted lawyer Michael Sussmann on the charge of lying to the FBI, dealing a blow to special counsel John Durham, who the Trump administration appointed to look into the Mueller probe.

Michael Sussmann was acquitted of one charge of lying to the FBI in the first verdict rendered during the probe by a special counsel appointed in the Trump administration.

Michael Sussmann faces one charge of lying to the FBI ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It's the first courtroom test for special counsel John Durham, appointed by the Trump administration.

The deputy attorney general told Congress last year that prosecutors would review new evidence about FBI failures in the investigation of Larry Nassar.

Key Senate Democrats say that confirming a permanent leader for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau may be one of the few legislative steps Congress can advance this year.

Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.

Former colleagues say David Uhlmann will work to make sure Americans can breathe clean air and drink safe water.

The federal body that sets advisory guidelines for punishment in federal cases has lacked a quorum - and been unable to operate - for three years.

Tuesday's pardons and commutations are part of a broader White House effort to make the criminal justice system more fair – a goal Biden made part of his 2020 presidential campaign.

Thirteen girls and women plan to sue the FBI for its failure to act on reports of abuse by the former gymnastics doctor.

The Justice Department is tweaking its risk assessment tool in a way intended to make it easier for Black and Hispanic people in prison to become eligible for early release.

Both are ordered to stay with their fathers in Virginia. Prosecutors have suggested they posed a national security threat and may have compromised Secret Service agents.

The investigation, prompted by the discovery of top-secret papers found at Mar-a-Lago, is at an early stage, a source told NPR.

The 69-year-old cabinet member asked to be tested after learning he may have been exposed to the virus and he is not experiencing symptoms.

President Biden's Supreme Court nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions from lawmakers in her bid to become the first Black woman on the nation's high court.

The U.S. Parole Commission has been undercounting prisoners under its jurisdiction, the latest in a string of troubles to plague the federal agency.

The Justice Department is directing prosecutors to stop limiting peoples' rights to seek compassionate release from prison in plea deals, a practice that advocates called cruel.

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks exclusively to NPR about the Jan. 6 investigation, the death penalty and other facets of his job.