Missouri’s attorney general has sued Starbucks, accusing it of engaging in discrimination with its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and alleging that such initiatives have made the coffee giant’s workforce “more female and less white.”
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a talk Tuesday in Florida that she has faith the nation’s leaders will ultimately abide by decisions of the courts—a key question at a moment when President Donald Trump’s initiatives are being challenged, and some of his top advisers are complaining of judicial overreach.
Pam Bondi was sworn in as the nation’s 87th attorney general Wednesday, inheriting a Justice Department roiled by Attorney General Pam Bondi spent her first day on the job Wednesday redirecting the Justice Department’s significant law enforcement authority toward addressing President Donald Trump’s grievances with the agency, making her allegiance to his agenda clear in a series of strongly worded directives.
The interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on Monday pledged his office’s support to billionaire Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency,” vowing to “pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people.”
FBI officials sent out a questionnaire over the weekend to determine the involvement of thousands of FBI personnel in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to multiple people who reviewed the document and spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.
Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. on Friday dismissed about 30 federal prosecutors who have worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years, undertaking a housecleaning of the top prosecutors office in Washington, D.C., while preparing to extend the office’s scrutiny to top Democratic leaders and former Justice Department officials, people close to Martin said.
The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo ordering the freezing of federal grants after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash.
The Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, citing a lack of trust in them, a department spokesman said Monday.
Two newly freed leaders of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups called for investigations into the prosecution of people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, assailing judges, jurors and prosecutors as they sought “retribution” after being granted clemency from President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department has abruptly revoked recent job offers from the Attorney General’s Honors Program—a prestigious and competitive opportunity for top law school graduates to work in entry-level positions across the department.