Trump’s personnel purge did not come as a huge surprise, since the president for years has railed against the Justice Department and its supposed “witch hunt” investigations into his own alleged criminal behavior. He has also complained about supposed “deep state” actors undermining his agenda from within the federal government.

The Trump administration has removed the U.S. Justice Department's senior career ethics official from his post, according to a person familiar with the matter, in an action likely to stoke fears about whether the department will be able to remain insulated from political pressures and conflicts,

The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.

Corey Amundson, the U.S. Justice Department's senior career official in charge of overseeing public corruption and other politically sensitive investigations, resigned on Monday after the Trump administration tried to reassign him to a new role working on immigration issues,

Vice President J.D. Vance explained the president's decision to offer a blanket pardon to more than 1,500 people charged over th 6, 2021, Capitol riot, during an interview with CBS's Margaret Brennan,

The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon is expected to include an array of executive orders, including “removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of Covid mandates” and an “Iron Dome for America.

As Pam Bondi awaits confirmation as attorney general, interim leaders are moving to wipe out Biden-era policies.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey made his final cabinet appointments Tuesday by announcing new leadership at the Department of Veterans’ Assistance, the West Virginia National Guard and West Virginia State Police,

But the spending freeze – along with other key moves early in this presidency, including the firing of Justice Department prosecutors and a bid to repeal birthright citizenship – also reflects Trump’s view that the presidency has almost unlimited power and he can simply decide what is legal and what isn’t.

According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Wisconsin is estimated to receive $28.2 billion in appropriated federal investments over the 2023-25 biennium.