Justice Department

Two Oklahoma doctors face criminal charges following a nationwide healthcare fraud investigation conducted by the Department of Justice.

Their filing says the lawsuit that struck down in-state tuition for undocumented students was "contrived" to keep their voices out.

Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice sued to block Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the two parties had filed a joint motion asking a court to permanently end the policy.

Lawmakers in the Joint State-Tribal Relations Committee approved a $100,000 injection into the state District Attorneys Council last week. It's to help two local state prosecutors fight an ongoing legal battle against the Department of Justice and two Indigenous nations.

The U.S. Department of Justice is reconsidering its lawsuit against Oklahoma’s sweeping immigration law, House Bill 4156. State Attorney General Gentner Drumond says he’s hopeful the law will be enforced soon.

Texas’ top elections official said Friday that federal inspectors can’t be inside polls or places where ballots are counted under Texas law after the DOJ announced plans to send monitors to the state.

Attorneys tell House lawmakers on Wednesday they perceived political influence in what is supposed to be the independent Department of Justice.

Two Justice Department lawyers say their superiors took marching orders from the White House in politically sensitive cases. They're scheduled to talk to a House committee on Wednesday.