Confirmation vote could come within days; top Republican on judiciary committee to back the nominee, calls him 'an honorable man'

According to NY Times, 45th president backed off plan when warned all remaining top officials at Justice Department would resign en masse

US president-elect calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment; says Trump skipping inauguration a 'good thing' and 'one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on'

US President-elect to hold event Thursday introducing the judge, whose 2016 nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked by Senate Republicans

US president-elect turns to experienced judge, with vast credentials and reputation for moderation, to run his Justice Department

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to a cell blamed for the jailing, torture and murder of Western hostages in Syria

Bureau of Prisons carried out eight executions this year after 17-year hiatus; three more planned before inauguration

New report finds fault with former labor secretary Alex Acosta, who signed secret agreement with billionaire when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida

Elliott Broidy indicted on conspiracy charge for failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act while lobbying for Malaysian financier implicated in 1MDB scandal

Ibraheem Ahmed Al Bayati, 19, arrested by FBI, faces up to 15 years in prison for making a bomb threat against University of Houston