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| 2025 | Gail Slater becomes Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, appointed by President Donald Trump. |
| March 11 2025 | Tara Twomey fired from her position as EOUST Director by the Trump Administration |
| March 2025 | Harmeet Dhillon assumes office as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, succeeding Mac Warner who is serving in an acting capacity. |
| 2025 | Harmeet Dhillon becomes the Civil Rights Division head, succeeding Kristen Clarke during the Donald Trump administration. |
| March 6 2025 | Todd Blanche becomes Deputy Attorney General under the current administration. |
| February 5 2025 | Pam Bondi becomes Attorney General during Donald Trump's second presidency. |
| January 21 2025 | Ross Ulbricht released by President Trump after serving two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years for operating the Silk Road marketplace. |
| January 20 2025 | Brian Fletcher concludes his tenure as Principal Deputy Solicitor General, becoming Acting Solicitor General. |
| January 20 2025 | Matthew G. Olsen left the National Security Division position. |
| August 19 2024 | Ten additional state attorneys general joined the existing antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, expanding the total number of co-plaintiffs to 40 states. |
| May 24 2024 | A consumer class-action lawsuit was filed against Live Nation Entertainment, seeking $5 billion in damages on behalf of potentially millions of ticket purchasers through Ticketmaster. |
| May 23 2024 | The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, marking a significant legal challenge to the company's market practices. |
| 2023 | A poll by Global Strategy Group revealed public sentiment towards breaking up Live Nation's Ticketmaster, with 60% of Americans supporting such efforts, including 72% of Democrats, 50% of Republicans, and 46% of independents. |
| July 2023 | Politico reports that the DOJ's investigation has progressed, with a potential formal antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation being considered. |
| July 28 2023 | Kenneth Polite announced his resignation from the Criminal Division to enter the private sector, ending his tenure as Assistant Attorney General. |
| May 2023 | Dominick Maldonado was returned to ADX Florence after a short period at USP Florence High. |
| May 26 2023 | Shootout at the 41st Red River Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally involving Bandidos and Waterdogs, resulting in three deaths: Bandidos Damian Breaux and Anthony Silva, and Waterdogs member Randy Sanchez, with five additional people injured. |
| April 2023 | Three Bandidos members were shot and killed along I-45 while traveling to a funeral in Oklahoma City, in an alleged retaliatory attack related to a conflict with the rival gang Homietos. |
| February 27 2023 | Tara Twomey appointed as Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (EOUST) |
| February 9 2023 | Patrick Alvarado was charged with the murder of Philip Quintel, over a year after the initial shooting. |
| November 2022 | DOJ begins conducting an antitrust probe into Ticketmaster's compliance with the 2019 consent decree, following the Taylor Swift ticket sales controversy. |
| November 2022 | Richard McNair was transferred to USP McCreary from ADX after being held there due to multiple prison escapes. |
| August 2022 | Carlos Uriarte begins serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs |
| August 2022 | El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced to eight concurrent life sentences without parole for his role in the beheadings of four Americans while a member of the Islamic State. |
| June 13 2022 | The National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys (NAAUSA) advocated for more telework flexibility and addressing pay disparities for AUSAs. |
| June 5 2022 | Danie Jay Kelly, Jr., Robert Watson, and Johnny Wilson were arrested for the 2017 quadruple murder, which FBI and local police investigators believed involved Bandidos members and associates. |
| May 2022 | Dario Antonio Úsuga extradited to the United States and convicted of drug trafficking, sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $216 million. |
| April 2022 | An independent analysis of Portland police data presented in Federal court by Jonathan Betz Brown, PhD showed no decrease in police use of force between 2017 and 2022. |
| March 4 2022 | Supreme Court re-imposed the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
| February 28 2022 | Karhlton F. Moore became the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. |
| January 2022 | Khalid al-Fawwaz was moved from the adjacent ADX facility to USP Florence - High. |
| January 11 2022 | The City and the federal government reached a tentative agreement on outstanding items, including investigating and holding officers accountable for improper use of force during 2020 protests. |
| 2021 | Vanita Gupta becomes Associate Attorney General, serving from 2021 to 2024 under President Joe Biden. |
| 2021 | Hampton Dellinger continues as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy |
| 2021 | Todd Kim starts serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division |
| 2021 | Jeffrey Clark ends his tenure as Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division |
| 2021 | Kenneth Polite began serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division |
| 2021 | Kristen Clarke concludes her term as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division after serving from 2021 to 2025. |
| 2021 | Brian Boynton begins serving as acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division under President Joe Biden. |
| 2021 | Jonathan Kanter becomes Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, appointed by President Joe Biden. |
| 2021 | Kristen Clarke became the first woman confirmed as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, marking a significant milestone for the division's leadership. |
| 2021 | Scott Lee Kimball was transferred from state to federal custody. |
| December 6 2021 | Inmate Jamarr Thompson, 33, was killed during an altercation with another inmate while serving a 63-month sentence for attempted bank robbery. This was the third prison murder in a Federal Bureau of Prisons institution within one month, highlighting increasing violence in federal prisons and prompting Senator Dick Durbin to call for the removal of BOP chairman Michael Carvajal. |
| November 2021 | Peter Hyun begins serving as acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs |
| November 4 2021 | Danny Lee Gollihugh was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possession of an unregistered NFA firearm. |
| November 1 2021 | Matthew G. Olsen sworn in for National Security Division position. |
| October 28 2021 | Elizabeth Prelogar concludes her tenure as Principal Deputy Solicitor General, becoming Solicitor General. Brian Fletcher succeeds her as Principal Deputy Solicitor General. |
| October 28 2021 | Matthew G. Olsen confirmed by the Senate for National Security Division position. |
| October 23 2021 | Dario Antonio Úsuga captured, one of the most wanted drug lords in Colombia. |
| October 7 2021 | James Larry Birdsong, Christopher William Moore, and James Allen Snyder Jr. were arrested on various charges following the joint investigation into motorcycle club activities. |
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