The Justice Department is suing four states over climate action. The office argued in filings Wednesday that a lawsuit out of ...

The new administration in Washington DC has brought a new interim U.S. Attorney to Los Angeles. Bill Essayli previously ...

Los Angeles County officials say they have ... the county’s gun permitting process is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced last month that it had “reason ...

The reasons for the moves were not immediately clear, though they come as the FBI under Director Kash Patel has been ...

"Despite voter-approved initiatives and billions of dollars spent on tackling this issue, homelessness remains a crisis, especially in Los Angeles County," the DOJ said in its announcement.

Support LAist by giving now. Los Angeles police announced Tuesday night that they had arrested a man suspected of using a chainsaw to cut down numerous trees lining city sidewalks in downtown.

The Trump administration has also succeeded in some cases in beating back legal challenges, and some early defeats at the ...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officials on Tuesday approved a $4 billion payout to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959. The agreement reached on April ...

Acting on recommendations from the Department of Government Efficiency, the Justice Department is cutting grants to hundreds of programs across the country that provide services to crime victims ...