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As the nation marks the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and President Trump’s term has come to an end, questions remain about how the former administration had addressed congressional concerns surrounding Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s (PPFA) fetal-tissue practices and its lack of action that ultimately prompted criticism from conservatives.

President Biden has chosen Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for attorney general, as the new administration begins to take form.

President Biden is expected to keep FBI Director Christopher Wray in his post during his administration, Fox News has learned.

A New York City man who operates a business that teaches men how to pick up women and who described seeing police officers running away during the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol as the "coolest thing ive ever seen," was arrested Wednesday, authorities said. 

A Connecticut man who was captured using a police shield to pin a Washington D.C. police officer against a doorway as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol has been charged, authorities said Wednesday. 

President-elect Joe Biden is calling for the Justice Department to look into reinstating a controversial Obama-era practice that allowed prosecutors to make settlement agreements that resulted in defendants paying outside groups instead of victims or the government.

Sen. Richard Burr on Tuesday announced that a Department of Justice probe into stock trades he made before the coronavirus pandemic ravaged financial markets was now closed, indicating the end of investigations into transactions made by four senators ahead of the pandemic.

The man photographed carrying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s lectern appeared virtually in federal court Tuesday and after being charged on three criminal counts found himself to be a little more free than he was last week.

A Maryland man out on probation after a burglary conviction was tracked to the inside of the U.S. Capitol on the day of the Jan. 6 riot by his GPS monitor, after he received permission from parole supervisors to travel to Washington, D.C., to purportedly hand out Bibles with a religious group, the FBI said. 

Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Tuesday said there will be "no tolerance" for violence on Inauguration Day.