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FBI agent Peter Strzok, who served on the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server and whose texts with another FBI employee were found to contain anti-Trump sentiments, has been fired.

Expectations are high for special counsel Robert Mueller with Trump critics. But people depending on the former FBI director to shake up the White House could be in for a letdown.

Robert Mueller warned in his opening statement that he would not go beyond his report on the Russian interference in the 2016 election. But lawmakers tried to get him to underline their points.

President Obama will nominate a candidate to replace Antonin Scalia. Lawyers who worked in the Obama and George W. Bush White Houses offer clues as to what's happening with the vetting process.

As many as 70 of the endangered whales were seen feeding off the Massachusetts coast on Friday. Fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales exist in the world.

So much in Wisconsin could depend on a single seat on the state Supreme Court. Tuesday's winner will determine the court's sway and could change the state's abortion rights and redistricting.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with legal scholar Michael Gerhardt about how the indictment of former president Donald Trump might serve as a test of American democracy.

The tech world enthusiastic about the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence, but where does that leave Meta's plans for the Metaverse? Some large companies are already dialing back their plans.

We talk about President Biden's silence on former president Donald Trump's indictment as well as what the polls are saying about the case against Trump.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with New York Daily News reporter Molly Crane-Newman about what to expect next Tuesday when former president Donald Trump is arraigned in court.

The fire that killed at least 39 migrants in Ciudad Juárez revealed how border towns are struggling with record levels of migration — and U.S. border policies that push more people back to Mexico.

A former prosecutor says the current administration's approach is "soul-crushing," and he proposes changes for how future presidents can be investigated while in office.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes his first public remarks since the release of his office's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Paul Manafort was sentenced for the second time, Roger Stone appeared in court and a key investigator is leaving the team.

The Russian woman accused of trying to build bridges with Republican leaders in the United States might not go on trial if her lawyers can conclude a deal with prosecutors. Negotiations are underway.

Heather Washkuhn, managing director of NKSFB, said that had she known of the accounts, she would have documented them for tax purposes. She also said Manafort was closely involved in his own finances.

McCabe faces potential criminal charges after the outcome of an internal investigation. McCabe says he has done nothing wrong and broken no law.

The FAA has grounded all Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the U.S. as investigators probe the cause of the crash in Ethiopia. Also, new information suggests the special counsel's investigation is done.

The government executed Daniel Lee, who was convicted of murdering three people, by lethal injection — marking the resumption of federal capital punishment for the first time in 17 years.

Today's Department of Justice is supposed to be separate from the White House and politics, but advocates say it needs new rules and practices to restore a tarnished reputation.

Federal prosecutors in New York had failed to turn over evidence to defendant Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, accused of violating U.S. sanction laws against Iran.

Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, defending the use of federal agents in Portland, Ore., and his decision to drop the case against Michael Flynn.

Experts said any decision about how a Biden Justice Department might handle a case against President Trump will pose huge legal and political challenges.

The civil liberties group says Attorney General William Barr has a conflict of interest in heading any investigation of the crackdown outside the White House last month.

Two more of President Biden's nominees to lead the Justice Department will be questioned by the Senate this week as Merrick Garland prepares for confirmation as attorney general.