The Justice Department has a playbook ready for responding to emergencies like the one unfolding in Minneapolis, including containing unrest and defusing community anger or distrust in law enforcement.

The United Nations International Court of Justice is hearing a genocide case for the first time in more than a decade. The case is focused on the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

The Office of Legal Counsel also invoked a claim about Venezuela’s “Cartel de los Soles” that department prosecutors have abandoned.

Restrained by three white men for attempted shoplifting, a Black teen died from asphyxiation. His father refused to accept that no one would be held responsible. More than a decade later, his idea of justice has shifted — and may finally be achieved.

Justice Neil Gorsuch confronted lawyers over Title IX implications of West Virginia's transgender athlete ban during Supreme Court hearing on sex discrimination in sports.

Kathleen Hartnett, the attorney for a transgender student athlete, was unable to define what a woman is when questioned by Justice Samuel Alito during Supreme Court oral arguments on Tuesday over state laws banning transgender in women's sports.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the Fed's building renovations.

Democrats warn the data-sharing agreement could violate federal election law and expose voters to wrongful removal from the rolls.