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The Gavel: Justice Department stretched thin in Trump litigation onslaught
Firings, buyouts and restructuring across the federal government are hitting the Department of Justice (DOJ), even as it seeks to defend the Trump administration’s actions amid a flurry of ...The Hill - 1d -
Confusion, fear at the Justice Department under Trump
The Department of Justice is in upheaval from firings and resignations in the first weeks of the Trump administration. Fear has silenced many in the department, but two prosecutors are speaking up.CBS News - Feb. 23 -
Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
What do Ukraine and the Justice Department have in common?The New York Times - Feb. 23 -
Justice Department reviewing state election tampering conviction of Trump ally
The Justice Department says its reviewing the election tampering conviction of Trump ally.ABC News - 1d -
Firings and resignations at the Department of Justice
President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. Amid the firings and resignations, one leader described a workplace of "confusion" and "fear."CBS News - Feb. 23 -
The Justice Department | Sunday on 60 Minutes
This Sunday, Scott Pelley examines the recent firings and resignations at the U.S. Department of Justice.CBS News - Feb. 22 -
The Gavel: Courts become Trump’s only backstop
Happy Wednesday. Welcome to The Gavel, The Hill’s new weekly look at the intersection of courts and national politics. We’re Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee, The Hill’s courts team. For months, we’ve ...The Hill - Feb. 26 -
Justice Department releases first phase of Epstein files
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Thursday packet with a flight log and contact information from Jeffery Epstein, a deceased convicted sex offender, and his circle of friends. “The first ...The Hill - 6d -
Justice department drops discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrants. The US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
Top Justice Department prosecutor resigns over climate spending probe
A top prosecutor with the Department of Justice resigned after refusing to take part in a probe of Biden-era climate spending. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter reports.CBS News - Feb. 21 -
Justice Department shuts down federal law enforcement misconduct tracker
The database allowed federal law enforcement agencies to privately search for information on a new hire or officer within their ranks.CBS News - Feb. 21 -
2/23/2025: The Justice Department; CFPB; John Oliver
First, a report on the upheaval at the Justice Department. Then, a look at why the CFPB is under fire by President Trump, DOGE.And John Oliver: The 60 Minutes Interview.CBS News - Feb. 24 -
Senior Justice Department staff tell employees to disregard email promoted by Musk
Elon Musk posted Saturday on his social media site that failure to reply to the email would be taken as a resignation.CBS News - Feb. 24 -
Chief Justice Roberts halts order for payments to State Department, USAID contractors
Chief Justice John Roberts granted a request from the Trump administration to halt a lower court order requiring the payment of foreign assistance funds for State Department and U.S. Agency for ...CBS News - 6d -
Justice Department begins crackdown on Chinese hacking network Silk Typhoon
The Justice Department began a crackdown on a Chinese hacking network known as Silk Typhoon. A newly unsealed indictment charges 12 Chinese nationals with a number of attacks on the U.S., including ...CBS News - 11h -
Justice Department tells judges it can't comply with court-ordered deadline to release frozen aid funding
The Trump administration said in a court filing Wednesday it cannot comply with a federal judge's order to release foreign aid funding by midnight, despite being directed to do so almost two weeks ...NBC News - Feb. 26 -
Acting U.S. attorney in D.C. stirs controversy with Justice Department demotions over Jan. 6
The reshaping of the U.S. Justice Department continues with more career prosecutors being fired or being moved out of long-held positions. CBS News has learned nearly a dozen senior prosecutors who ...CBS News - 2d -
What is Trump's Education Secretary's "final mission" for the department?
Newly-confirmed Education Secretary Linda McMahon has laid out the "final mission" for the department. Washington Post national education writer Laura Meckler joins "The Daily Report" to break it ...CBS News - 13h -
Trump reportedly to issue order to eliminate education department
President Donald Trump is reportedly set to issue an executive order to try to eliminate the Department of Education. Trump cannot abolish an entire department without Congress, but the ...NBC News - 1h -
Europe's thin red line in Ukraine
The fight for Europe’s immediate security is now, and it is being contested in Kursk, Russia and along a 600-mile front in Eastern Ukraine.The Hill - 1h -
Canadians and Wayne Gretzky: Anatomy of a Relationship on Thin Ice
In tense political times, can “The Great One” be both a Trump supporter and a beloved hero in Canada? Some want him to pick a side. (Preferably the one to the north.)The New York Times - 1d -
Trump says he is considering merging USPS with Commerce Department
President Trump told reporters he would be considering merging the United States Postal Service with the Commerce Department, knocking the current state of the USPS as a "tremendous loser."NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Postal Service braces for potential takeover by Trump's Commerce Department
President Donald Trump said Friday that his new commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, “will be looking” at the U.S. Postal Service.NBC News - Feb. 22 -
'Radical change': Inside Trump's State Department takeover of USAID
A State Department official told leaders of foreign aid groups that U.S. foreign aid funding was undergoing "radical change," according to audio obtained by ABC News.ABC News - Feb. 24 -
McMahon says she 'wholeheartedly' agrees with Trump plan to abolish Education Department
Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education, said she “wholeheartedly” agrees with his plan to abolish the federal agency. The statement came in response to ...The Hill - Feb. 25 -
'We're not prepared': States brace for Trump's plans to dismantle the Education Department
Trump has said he wants school policy to be left to the states, but state officials and lawmakers aren’t clear on what that would look like.NBC News - Feb. 27 -
Trump preparing executive order to dissolve Department of Education: Sources
President Trump is expected to direct his secretary of education to dissolve the Department of Education by executive order this week, sources said.ABC News - 52m -
Sources: ACC nearing agreement with Clemson, FSU to end litigation
The agreement would be made in exchange for a change to the conference’s revenue distribution structure and clarity around the grant of rights, sources tell Yahoo Sports.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
House GOP budget resolution on thin ice as conservatives dig in on opposition
The House GOP’s budget resolution is on thin ice as conservative budget hawks dig in on their opposition, threatening to derail Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plans to bring the legislation up for ...The Hill - Feb. 25 -
Trump administration removes student loan repayment applications from Education Department website
The Trump administration has taken down the applications for popular student loan repayment plans from the U.S. Department of Education's website.CNBC - 6d -
Trump expected to sign executive order to dissolve education department, reports say – live
Trump order to Linda McMahon expected to claim that department has failed ‘children, teachers and families’, ABC News reports. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and 10 Democratic ...The Guardian - 36m -
Fighting for Justice for Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’
Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II.The New York Times - 3h -
Justice Dept. probing antisemitism at University of California system
Pro-Palestinian encampments popped up on several University of California campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war.CBS News - 11h -
Illinois plays through a demanding stretch with a virus hindering multiple players
The Fighting Illini are dealing with all sorts of setbacks on and off the court as they face the most demanding part of their schedule.Yahoo Sports - Feb. 19 -
Risers and fallers: Brook Lopez to see increased usage down the stretch
Steve Alexander highlights five names trending upwards and five downwards, with key takeaways for each.ESPN - Feb. 21 -
NBA Power Rankings: Most important stretch for all 30 teams
Our NBA insiders break down this week's Power Rankings and the most important games for all 30 teams for the rest of the regular season.ESPN - Feb. 27 -
Pope Francis' hospital-stay stretched to 18th day in double pneumonia battle
Pope Francis is still in a Rome hospital Monday as the 88-year-old pontiff continues to battle double pneumonia for an 18th day. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane has more.CBS News - 2d -
Waiver wire pickups: Add Grimes, Drummond for stretch run
The fantasy basketball waiver wire always has players who can help fill holes in your roster. Here are the ones to add for the week ahead.ESPN - 1d -
To 50K and beyond! LeBron stretches his NBA scoring record to new frontier
LeBron James sank a 3-pointer early in Tuesday night's game against the Pelicans to become the first in NBA history to score 50,000 points.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
What does the Department of Education do?
President Trump and Linda McMahon, his choice for secretary of education, have vowed to dismantle the Department of Education. NBC News' Zinhle Essamauh looks at the department's history, mission ...NBC News - 2d
