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| 2025 | Yaakov M. Roth becomes interim Assistant Attorney General, serving under President Donald Trump. |
| April 4 2025 | Sarah M. Harris begins serving as Principal Deputy Solicitor General |
| 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 | President Donald Trump revoked Executive Order 14136, effectively nullifying the previously established line of succession. |
| January 20 2025 | Patrick D. Davis begins serving as acting Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs |
| 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. |
| January 13 2025 | Executive Order 14136 was published in the Federal Register, detailing the Department of Justice's line of succession. |
| January 3 2025 | President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14136 'Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice', establishing a new line of succession for the Department of Justice. |
| 2024 | Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy, sentenced to 45 years in prison. |
| 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 | Genaro García Luna was convicted for accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for protecting drug shipments. |
| 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. |
| January 2023 | Craig 'Oakie' King and four other defendants were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for Staton's murder. |
| 2022 | Federal government spent $6.3 trillion, with spending representing 25.1% of GDP, which is nearly 2 percentage points higher than the 50-year average. |
| 2022 | Juan Orlando Hernández was extradited to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges. |
| December 13 2022 | Frank 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme died while serving a life sentence. |
| 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. |
| November 22 2022 | Peter Hyun ends his role as acting Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs |
| 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. |
| May 2 2022 | Craig 'Oakie' King was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy in aid of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping resulting in death, and kidnapping conspiracy. |
| 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. |
| April 27 2022 | In Springfield, Missouri, two unidentified men in a white Chevrolet Camaro attacked the Hells Angels clubhouse, shooting one Hells Angels member while they were standing outside. The incident involved an armed assault on club members, with local police subsequently executing a search warrant and recovering video evidence related to the shooting. |
| 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 |
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