A foiled plot to attack an outdoor UFC event at the White House over the weekend is further proof why President Trump’s proposed ballroom is needed for security reasons, a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official told a federal appeals court Tuesday. Brett Shumate, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Division, argued in…

The Justice Department is seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging a Chicago suburb’s housing reparations program for Black residents, arguing it is “racially discriminatory” and unconstitutional. The city council in Evanston, Ill., earmarked $10 million in revenue generated from cannabis sales taxes in 2019 for a first-of-its-kind local reparations program for Black residents…

An Afghan national is facing new federal charges in connection with the shooting of two National Guard members who were patrolling in the nation’s capital in November, according to a superseding indictment unsealed by the Justice Department on Tuesday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleaded not guilty to eight new charges, including murder of person assisting a federal officer, three…