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The U.S. Border Patrol reported its largest-ever fentanyl seizure after arresting an individual attempting to smuggle more than half a ton of the synthetic opioid across the Mexican border.

A former FBI agent convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper was sentenced to life in prison Friday.

The Justice Department’s watchdog admonished Attorney General William Barr for a “chaotic and disorganized” handling of the protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020, though it concluded he did not order the forced removal of protesters from a park near the White House.

Christopher J.S. Johnson has been named special agent in charge of the Springfield Field Office in Illinois. 

Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges Tuesday. 

Sitting in the hot seat Tuesday, the new leader of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, was blunt about the security lapses that led to the assassination attempt of former President Trump. 

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump, caught the attention of local snipers nearly 100 minutes before Donald Trump took the stage in Butler, Pa.

Former President Trump has consented to an interview with the FBI regarding the assassination attempt against him earlier this month.

Members of a local SWAT team who were assigned to protect former President Trump during an assassination attempt on July 13 said they had no contact with Secret Service agents before the shooting occurred.

Two former senior FBI officials have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve lawsuits that allege they were unfairly targeted because they investigated then-President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. 

More than 40 former and current Justice Department officials endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, saying the “stakes could not be higher.”

Two leaders of Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa Cartel, including the son of the notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested by American law enforcement officials, the Justice Department said Tuesday. 

Thousands of confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal an unprecedented glimpse into a culture of corruption among DEA agents who exploited the agency’s covert money laundering operations for global escapades of binge drinking and illicit sex.