Department Of Justice

The Justice Department lawyers defending the president's executive orders are struggling to answer questions and correct the record in front of judges.

It's the latest fallout from revelations that state officials mistakenly registered more than 1,600 people to vote in Oregon.

Vance Day, a former Marion County Circuit Court Judge who drew controversy and a judicial rebuke for his stance on same-sex marriage, says he has joined the US Department of Justice.

Oregon’s U.S. Attorney Natalie Wight was fired by the White House on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump vowed to continue his reshaping of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The state revealed last year it had registered more than 1,600 potential noncitizens to vote.

Officials with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project told OPB they are no longer getting daily rosters of detainees from the facility operated on behalf of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and have been barred from giving legal advice in group sessions.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Portland have agreed to appoint an independent monitor to oversee their settlement agreement over police use of force.

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have received nearly a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Justice to support sexual assault and abuse survivors with relocation fees, legal fees and trauma counseling, in addition to education and outreach.

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a 25-count indictment on Monday, charging a former nurse at Oregon’s only women’s prison with sexually assaulting a dozen women while they were incarcerated.

A letter from the federal agency helps explain the stunning amount of force PPB used during protests last summer and exposes some of the failures critics point to when arguing the police cannot police themselves.