Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked the judge in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case to drop charges against the multimillionaire more than a week after he killed himself in jail.

Attorney General William Barr removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons more than a week after convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in jail, putting the federal prison system under scrutiny.

The New York medical examiner determined Friday that Jeffrey Epstein died from hanging himself, disputing conspiracy theories that he was murdered in his jail cell because he had knowledge of misdeeds by powerful people.

A chain-link fence shrouded with a black tarp surrounds the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh these days.

The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has reassigned the warden at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday and placed two staff member on leave.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Monday there were "serious irregularities" at the federal jail where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead.

Convicted financier Jeffrey Epstein died of a suspected suicide after being found unresponsive Saturday morning in his Manhattan Correctional Center cell where he was being held on sex trafficking charges.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday seeking compensation for his "unlawful" termination.

The 21-year-old lone suspect in Saturday's massacre at a Walmart Supercenter in El Paso, Texas, that killed 20 people is being held on state capital murder charges and his actions are being investigated as as federal hat

The two-year investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election cost nearly $32 million, a final expenditure report released Friday indicates.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C, on Friday blocked the Trump administration's new rule banning people who enter the country illegally from seeking asylum, saying it violates U.S. law.

The worry that Attorney General William Barr might impose his private religious views on federal matters has apparently been overblown, at least judging from his decision this week to reinstate the federal death penalty.

Attorney General William Barr on Monday restricted migrants from seeking asylum based on their familial connection to people under threat in their home countries.

A decision by the Trump administration to end a 16-year moratorium on federal-level executions has drawn criticism from advocacy groups and the international community.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered the government Thursday to resume capital punishment, 16 years after the last federal execution.