NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Justice​ Department officials who improperly used political​ criteria in hiring decisions for career lawyers​ and immigr...

Justice Department officials committed no crime by​ letting improper political considerations drive​ hirings of prosecutors, immigration judges and​ othe...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says former​ Justice Department officials will not face​ prosecution for letting improper political​ considerations driv...

Texas Rep. Michael Burgess says Paris Hilton may​ be on to something with the energy​ 'plan' she announced earlier this week​ in a mock campaig...

Four Democratic senators called Tuesday for​ Stephen Johnson to resign as administrator of the​ Environmental Protection Agency and asked Attorney​ Gener...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should explicitly​ declare a state of armed conflict with al Qaeda to​ make clear the United States can detain​ suspected...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should explicitly​ declare war against al Qaeda to make clear the​ United States can detain suspected members as long​ as...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey Monday asked​ Congress to define the rules governing civilian​ court hearings for about 200 detainees held in the​ priso...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants Congress to​ help figure out how to give Guantanamo Bay terror​ detainees their day in U.S. civilian courts.