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The Justice Department is urging U.S. attorneys nationwide to use federal courts — where more serious charges are available — to prosecute people suspected of violence or property damage during the protests over George Floyd’s death....

Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that federal agents have arrested 51 people for acts of violence since the protests began. The U.S. Marshals service...

After a 38-year career with the Justice Department, the FBI’s top lawyer, Dana Boente, was asked to resign on Friday, NBC News reported. Two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss Boente said it came from high levels of the Justice Department rather than directly from FBI Director Christopher Wray. His departure comes on the heels of recent criticism...

One security officer with the Federal Protective Service was killed, and another injured after shots rang out amid protests in Oakland amid protests over the death of George Floyd on Friday, authorities said.

House Democrats have pulled legislation from the House floor that would have extended FBI surveillance authorities

FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the investigation of former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn

The FBI is now investigating the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police during a raid at her home in Louisville, Kentucky.

U.S. officials say they have proven a link between the gunman in the deadly December attack at the Pensacola Naval Air Station and al-Qaida

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the Dec. 6, 2019, terror attack at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, that killed three U.S. service members and wounded eight other Americans was planned for years.

The FBI won’t give up on “finding out what happened” to former agent Robert Levinson, who the U.S. government believes died in the custody of the Iranians.

The Senate has passed legislation that would extend three expired federal surveillance powers that law enforcement officials use to fight terrorists.

A Republican senator with access to some of the nation’s top secrets became further entangled in a deepening FBI investigation as agents examining a well-timed sale of stocks during the coronavirus outbreak showed up at his home with a warrant to search his cellphone.

The FBI has arrested two men in Queens who were allegedly trying to be at least five guns. Jonathan Dienst reports.

The Players Coalition and dozens of professional athletes sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting an immediate federal investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

The number of background checks for firearms in the month of April remained high amid fears from the coronavirus pandemic.

A federal judge late Wednesday unsealed a new set of documents provided to lawyers for Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser who is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, that could provide them with new ammunition to attack the FBI’s handling of the case.

Newly released FBI records reveal the extent of communications between Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Sex predators are increasingly trying to exploit kids online with so many school children home doing online learning amid the coronavirus crisis, according to the FBI, as agents report a growing number of complaints from parents. Among the issues: children have been asked to pose naked and to send explicit photos to online predators.  “We are seeing an uptick...

Sex predators are increasingly trying to exploit kids online with so many school children home doing online learning amid the coronavirus crisis , the FBI says.

Newly unsealed court documents say a Missouri man who was planning to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital was distressed by the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis.