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The annual lighting of the National Chanukah Menorah was celebrated on the White House Ellipse. The ceremony included a Hanukkah medley performed by the Three Cantors with the U.S. Arm Band …

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Attorney General Merrick Garland, White House deputy counsel Stacey Grigsby, and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta participated in the 2022 Legal Aid I…

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Its 65th anniversary celebration, held at DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C, focused on the w…

“As the verdict of this case makes clear, the department will work tirelessly to hold accountable those responsible for crimes related to the attack on our democracy on January 6, 2021,” sai…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that his was appointing Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee investigations involving former President Donald Trump. Those investigations inclu…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced three new criminal cases against China, two of them involving Chinese intelligence officers. The first involved two Chinese intelligence officers a…

Attorney General Garland and German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann spoke at the Justice Department about alleged war crimes committed by Russia in the war in Ukraine.

Secretary Blinken held a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, Attorney General Garland, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, and Mexican Security Secretary R…

Secretary of State Blinken, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, and Attorney General Garland gave opening remarks at the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue at the State Department.

During a visit to Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Pentagon City, Virginia, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the results of an enforcement operation against the ille…

Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Ukrainian prosecutor general signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Justice Department establishing a formal framework for prosecuting war crime…

“I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland as he made a statement four days after the FBI conducted a search of forme…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced federal charges against former and current Louisville police officers in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. “We allege that the …

President Biden signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive care in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Speaking to the newly created…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s abortion law. Attorney General Garland said the law violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

Attorney General Merrick Garland swore in Collette Peters as the new Bureau of Prisons director in a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Merrick Garland met with Justice Department officials, including new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steven Dettelbach, to talk about firearms t…

Attorney General Merrick Garland made remarks at the swearing-in ceremony of ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steven Dettelbach.

Attorney General Garland spoke briefly to reporters about the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, saying, "We don’t need any more reminders. He also talked about an initiative t…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced hate crimes charges against the suspect in the mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store in May 2022, in which 10 African Americans were killed and …