Tina Peters -- the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and her state's most prominent 2020 election denier -- was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor obstruction of a government operation, according to Mesa County's court clerk.
A coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his administration's request to public colleges in the state for information about students receiving gender-affirming care, saying it intimidates physicians and could have a chilling effect on students seeking the care.
The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on a number of Russian individuals connected to the arbitrary detention of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent human rights advocate and Kremlin critic who has been jailed in Moscow for nearly a year after speaking out against the war in Ukraine in an interview with CNN.
President Joe Biden's decision to allow Congress to potentially nix reforms to the criminal code of Washington, DC, has left him facing sharp blowback from his own party as he prepares to launch his reelection campaign.
Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, according to a Justice Department official, his second trip to the country after Russia invaded a little more than a year ago.
Individuals eligible for President Joe Biden's pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession can now begin applying for a "certificate of proof" showing that they have been officially forgiven for their crime, the Justice Department announced Friday.
President Joe Biden's doctor said Friday that a lesion removed from the president's chest last month was basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer.
Spend some time reading about how the presidential veto has fallen into disuse and you can't help but think it coincides with an era where the filibuster and other forms of Capitol Hill obstruction have been put on steroids. Issuing a veto is a rite of passage for every modern president, and Joe Biden is about to experience his first.
The Justice Department is tripling down on its allegations that Texas is "judge-shopping" in the lawsuits the state has brought against the Biden administration.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a closed-door speech to donors Thursday, sought to cement himself as the governor who will go places other Republicans will not as he accused fellow GOP leaders of sitting back in the cultural fights "like potted plants," according to audio of his remarks obtained by CNN.
An alleged threat to kill Jewish government leaders in Michigan reflects two of the most dangerous, and interlocking, menaces in American politics and society -- an alarming spike in antisemitism and escalating threats against elected officials.
A year ago, when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz last visited Washington, Russian forces had yet to cross the border into Ukraine and skepticism abounded at the dire warnings from the White House that an invasion was imminent.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old Democrat from California, announced Thursday that she was hospitalized and receiving treatment for shingles, hoping to return to Washington later this month.
A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty Thursday to sending a series of threatening texts to a Michigan election official in the wake of the 2020 election, according to the Justice Department.
In his quest to prove the federal government has been "weaponized" against conservatives, Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has touted the allegations of what he claims are "dozens" of whistleblowers who have come to his office with stories of discrimination and bias.
House Republicans have introduced a bill aimed at increasing so-called parental rights in the classroom, continuing to emphasize an issue that has emerged as a central party platform.
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