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Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Lawyers for Harvard in Trump administration dispute are no strangers to high-profile legal matters
The two attorneys representing Harvard University in a pitched fight with the Trump administration are no strangers to the spotlight or to Washington investigations that reach into the White House.
 
The charred doors that used to make up the entrance to the Republican Party of New Mexico headquarters are propped up behind yellow caution tape in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
Justice Department charges man with arson at New Mexico Tesla dealership and GOP headquarters
The Justice Department has charged a man with vandalizing a Tesla dealership in New Mexico and setting fire to the headquarters of the state Republican Party. That’s according to court records unsealed Monday. A criminal complaint charges Jamison R.
 
President Donald Trump attends the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump reaches deals with 5 law firms, allowing them to avoid prospect of punishing executive orders
President Donald Trump has announced deals with five law firms that will allow them to avoid the prospect of a punishing executive order.
 
In this unknown location and date image released by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Christian Malanga, left, and Marcel Malanga can be seen wearing military-style uniforms which was posted to social media on Jan. 6, 2024. (U.S. Dept. of Justice via AP)
Americans convicted in Congo of a botched coup attempt now face US charges
Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo have been charged by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s government.
 
The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
Justice Department sharply criticizes judge who blocked enforcement of an order targeting a law firm
The Justice Department is sharply criticizing a judge who halted enforcement of a White House executive order meant to punish a prominent law firm. continuing a pattern of Trump administration attacks on the judiciary over decisions that officials don’t like.
 
Former Justice Department attorneys Liz Oyer, left, and Ryan Crosswell participate in a hearing on the Justice Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Fired Justice Department pardon attorney accuses the agency of ‘ongoing corruption,’ abuse of power
The Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney is accusing the leadership of the law enforcement agency of “ongoing corruption,” testifying at a congressional hearing meant to showcase concerns that the Trump administration is assaulting the rule of law, abusing its power and forcing out ca
 
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 28, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal community
President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal community pose “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.” That’s according to a court filing submitted Friday by more than 500 law firms.
 
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Justice Department declined to prosecute Texas AG Paxton in final weeks of Biden’s term: AP sources
The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending the corruption investigation that cast a long shadow over the political career of a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump.
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Pool via AP)
Law firms fear Trump orders could affect security clearances of lawyers who are military reservists
President Donald Trump says executive orders targeting law firms are being issued in the name of national security, with the White House asserting that the firms don’t deserve access to sensitive U.S. government information.
 
President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Major international law firm reaches deal with White House, becoming the latest to do so
Another major international law firm has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to dedicate at least $100 million in free legal services to causes such as supporting veterans and combating antisemitism.
 
President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to Florida, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight
In the early part of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private corporations, media companies and universities he regards as adversaries.
 
In this undated handout photo released by the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American Faye Dail Hall is pictured after being released Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
American woman held in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released, AP source says
An American woman who was detained for weeks in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter, as well as a social media post Saturday from a longtime U.S. diplomat.
 
President Donald Trump speaks at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Major law firm reaches deal with Trump to avoid White House order even as two other firms sue
A prominent international law firm has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to provide at least $100 million in free legal services and to review its hiring practices, averting a punishing executive order like the ones directed at nearly a half-dozen other major legal institutions in recent we
 
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Bondi signals criminal probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite long history of similar inquiries
FBI Director Kash Patel may not have been part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans.
 
FBI Director Kash Patel, joined at right by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, answers questions as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump intel officials testify on threat from drug cartels as Dems press them on leak of attack plans
The Trump administration’s top intelligence officials have stressed to Congress the threat they say is posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling.
 
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist
President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as “the only glitch in two months” of his administration. Trump told NBC News on Tuesday it “turned out not to be a serious one.”
 
Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers
Mass layoffs and resignations at the federal government are prompting concerns that a disgruntled former employee may seek to sell secrets to a foreign power.
 
President Donald Trump attends the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Law firm targeted by Trump could have been ‘destroyed,’ chairman says in explaining deal with Trump
The chairman of a prominent law firm who cut a deal with President Donald Trump last week to avert the consequences of a White House executive order has told colleagues that he did so because the order “could easily have destroyed our firm” and put it out of business.
 
President Donald Trump speaks at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm
President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent international law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices and to provide tens of millions of dollars in free legal services to support certain White House initiatives.
 
In this handout photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Glezmann, center, poses with Adam Boehler, second left, and Zalmay Khalilzad, second right, and Qatari diplomats in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 20, 2025, before departing to Doha, Qatar. (Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
Taliban release an American man who was abducted while traveling in Afghanistan
An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban.
 
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
A look at the judge who blocked Trump’s deportations and is now facing calls for impeachment
The federal judge who ruled against Donald Trump’s deportation plans and is now facing White House calls for his impeachment is no stranger to politically fraught cases — including ones involving the president.
 
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a ceremonial swearing-in of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's new director of the FBI, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The Justice Department and FBI announce a new task force to target Hamas over Oct. 7 attack
The Justice Department has announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas for its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by anyone supporting the militant group.
 
Pedestrians walk as police secure the area around the Justice Department before President Donald Trump speaks Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump pledges to ‘expose’ his enemies in political speech at Justice Department
President Donald Trump used a visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his political career.
 
This image provided by Jonathan Franks shows Franks with six American prisoners detained by Kuwait as they pose for a photo at Kuwait International Airport Wednesday, March 12, 2025, before flying home to the United States. Franks is a private consultant who helped work for their release. (Jonathan Franks via AP)
Kuwait frees 10 jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges
Kuwait has released 10 American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies.
 
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, AP sources say
Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced in size, and its cases will be transferred to U.S. attorney’s offices around the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.
 
President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Law firm sues over Trump executive order that seeks to suspend security clearances
A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.
 
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)
Trump targets security clearances of law firm over actions related to 2016 Russia investigation
President Donald Trump says he is suspending the security clearances of attorneys at a prominent law firm involved in launching since-discredited opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into any ties between the Republican candidate and Russia.
 
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a ceremony to raise the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag at the State Department, Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
FBI committed to bringing home American hostages held in foreign countries, director says
FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau will work to “zero out” the population of Americans detained or held hostage in foreign countries.
 
The U.S. Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
US charges Chinese hackers and government officials in a broad cybercrime campaign
China is denying the U.S. Justice Department’s accusations against 12 Chinese nationals charged in connection with global cybercrime campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, U.S. agencies and universities.
 
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Suspect in Kabul airport bombing during Afghanistan pullout makes court appearance following capture
A suspected participant in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has arrived in the U.S. to face criminal charges in connection with the attack.
 
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