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Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center in predawn operation

Democratic US Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, who brought the lawsuit, called the request to extend the two-week-old deadline "inexcusable" and part of "a pattern of non-compliance."

A woman looks up as she passes the front of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, renamed The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts by the Trump administration, after a federal judge ordered that U.S. President Trump’s name be removed
Former Taliban commander Haji Najibullah, previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist, appears on charges related to murdering three US troops in Afghanistan in 2008 during a court hearing in New York, US, October 15, 2021 in this courtroom sketch.

US sentences former Taliban commander to 42 years in prison for terrorism, taking hostages

 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

New Jersey man charged for attempting to aid ISIS, planned US attack on synagogues

US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to a reporter outside of the West Wing entrance at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 27, 2026.

Trump formally nominates Blanche to be attorney-general


'I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans': FBI arrests three men accused of funding ISIS weapons

DOJ officials said the suspects allegedly sent more than $2,000 to fund ISIS weapons targeting US service members.

 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Trump plans to nominate Todd Blanche as permanent US attorney-general

Trump said he plans to nominate acting Attorney-General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Justice Department, making his former personal lawyer the top US law enforcement officer.

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche responds to US Rep. Madeleine Dean's (D-PA) question during his testimony before a House Appropriations Commerce, oversight hearing on the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, US, June 2, 2026.

Trump's 'weaponization' fund is on hold, sources say

The fund emerged from a legal settlement between Trump and the Justice Department to resolve a lawsuit in which the president sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 ‌billion.

A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.

DOJ sentences NYC accomplice in Iranian dissident murder-for-hire scheme to 10 years in prison

Masih Alinejad, the target of the plot, fled Iran following the contentious 2009 presidential election and ensuing protest movement. She became a US citizen in 2019. 

Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad tears a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she speaks at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on February 17, 2026.

Google engineer charged with insider trading on Polymarket after netting $1.2 m. on search data

Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen, allegedly used insider information to bet on long-shot candidates like indie pop musician D4vd.

Polymarket logo appears in this illustration taken April 22, 2026.

Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll investigated by DOJ over perjury in sexual abuse, defamation cases

The probe is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil lawsuits that she won against Trump - one tied to her allegations that he sexually abused her in New York.

Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, where former US President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago.

Former US president Biden sues DOJ over release of interview audio

The lawsuit asks the court to declare the Heritage Foundation’s 2024 request for the records pretextual and invalid, and permanently bar the release of the records to the committee.

Former US president Joe Biden speaks to a crowd during a fundraising event with the South Carolina Democratic Party at the Columbia Museum of Art on February 27, 2026 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Former US A-G Pam Bondi reveals she has thyroid cancer, will serve on White House AI cm'tee

As a reminder, Bondi was fired from the Justice Department in April. She is reportedly still scheduled to testify on Friday at the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein.

US Attorney-General Pam Bondi at a Justice Department press conference, Washington, December 4, 2025.

Iranian-backed group offers bounties on Israelis it claims intercepted Gaza Flotilla

Iran-backed hacker group Handala offered $100,000 bounties on 69 Israelis it claimed were flotilla commandos, but many of the names appeared to have no link to the unit.

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Democrats move to block suspects connected to Jan 6 Capitol riots from accessing new DOJ funds

Legislation introduced this week aims to prevent participants in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol from receiving compensation via a new fund established by the Trump administration.

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) speaks to members of the media after Republicans pulled a war powers bill on Iran when it became apparent that Democrats had enough votes to pass it, at the U.S. Capitol Building on May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.