Justice Dept. Says Missouri’s Gun Law Hobbles Drug and Weapons Inquiries

The law does not go into effect until Aug. 28, but it has already had a serious chilling effect on cooperation between local and federal authorities, agents say.

Opinion | Break Up Big Chicken

Silicon Valley is in the spotlight, but harmful concentrations of corporate power are mostly found in older and less glamorous industries. 

Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump’s Efforts to Subvert Election

The testimony highlights the former president’s desire to batter the Justice Department into advancing his personal agenda.

Justice Dept. Warns States on Voting Laws and Election Audits

The department said that auditors could face criminal or civil penalties if they flouted elections laws.

Brooklyn Plumber Who Ran for State Senate Is Charged in Capitol Riot

Daniel Christmann posted images that showed him inside the Capitol, prosecutors said. Asked whether he’d entered the building, he replied: “How could I not?”

U.S. Authorities Seek Documents From Troubled Covid Vaccine Manufacturer

Emergent BioSolutions, which ruined 75 million vaccine doses at its Baltimore plant, disclosed records requests from Congress and federal and state law enforcement agencies.

Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show

“Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have told top law enforcement officials.

U.S. Declines to Defend Trump Ally in Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 Riot

The move could mean that the Justice Department is also unlikely to defend former President Donald J. Trump in the case.

Biden’s Antitrust Team Signals a Big Swing at Corporate Titans

The president has stacked his administration with crusaders who have spent their careers challenging corporate consolidation.

Thomas Barrack, Trump Fund-Raiser, Is Indicted on Lobbying Charge

Mr. Barrack, the chairman of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, was accused of failing to register as a lobbyist for the United Arab Emirates, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.

Merrick Garland pauses federal executions a year after his predecessor resumed them.

As a candidate, President Biden said that he would work to abolish federal executions and incentivize states to follow suit.

Thousands of Prisoners Were Sent Home Because of Covid. They Don’t Want to Go Back.

Criminal justice advocates say the pandemic offers a case study for a different type of punitive system in America, one that relies far less on incarceration.

Justice Dept. Sues Georgia Over Voting Restrictions Law

The lawsuit came after Republicans blocked ambitious federal legislation this week to protect voting rights.

Indiana Woman Is First Person to Be Sentenced in Capitol Riot

Anna Morgan-Lloyd, who will serve no prison time, said she realized that she and others who breached the Capitol may have helped encourage the violence by other Trump supporters.

John McAfee, Software Pioneer Turned Fugitive, Dies in Spanish Prison

Mr. McAfee, who has not been associated with the company that bears his name for more than two decades, was fighting extradition to the United States after his arrest in Spain.

Garland Says Watchdog Is Best Positioned to Review Trump-Era Justice Dept., Not Him

The attorney general said that various inspector general inquiries would help uncover any wrongdoing and that he wanted to avoid politicizing the work of career officials.

William vanden Heuvel, Diplomat and a Kennedy Confidant, Dies at 91

A lawyer, he was an adviser to Robert F. Kennedy, led Jimmy Carter’s New York campaign and targeted jail conditions as head of New York City’s corrections board.

U.S. Ends Trump Policy Limiting Asylum for Gang and Domestic Violence Survivors

The decision will affect tens of thousands of cases moving through backlogged immigration courts.

Justice Dept. ends a Trump policy that limited asylum for survivors of gang violence and domestic abuse.

The move is one of the Justice Department’s most significant reversals of a Trump-era policy.

Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry and Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book

President Donald J. Trump had pressured the department to use its legal powers to stop his former national security adviser from publishing embarrassing details about him.