Justice Department
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and 25 state attorneys general are asking the Supreme Court to take a Hawaii case that could put further restrictions on the right to legally carry a concealed gun. Hawaii passed a law in 2023... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is ramping up its confrontations against the media with a new policy that could make it easier for U.S. attorneys to seize reporters’ records and compel their testimony. In a related move, the U.S. attorney... Read More
WASHINGTON — Internet giant Google was slapped with a loss in federal court Thursday when a judge ruled the company unfairly dominated digital marketing. The ruling gives federal prosecutors the authorization they would need to break up the company’s advertising... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department disbanded its cryptocurrency fraud unit Monday in a continuing downgrade by the Trump administration of regulatory enforcement. The Justice Department said it plans to continue prosecuting cryptocurrency fraudsters but to pursue them as individuals... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore The Associated Press’ access to areas open to the White House press pool, holding the government can’t bar select journalists from certain areas because of their viewpoints.... Read More
WASHINGTON — The legal community is expressing outrage over President Donald Trump's order Tuesday to cancel the security clearances and terminate government contracts with the law firm representing former special prosecutor Jack Smith. The Justice Department assigned Smith to pursue... Read More
WASHINGTON — Pamela Bondi got off to a hard-nosed start Wednesday as the new U.S. attorney general by announcing plans to potentially prosecute the government attorneys who prosecuted President Donald Trump, by encouraging the death penalty in capital cases and... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is trying to halt consent agreements the Justice Department reached in recent years with police departments accused of civil rights violations. The consent agreements under the Biden administration were intended to institute reforms to avoid... Read More
WASHINGTON — Democrats accused Pamela Bondi of evasiveness but Republicans strongly supported her during her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday as nominee to become U.S. attorney general. By the end of the hearing, there was wide agreement on the Senate Judiciary... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department added six of the nation’s biggest landlords to a lawsuit Tuesday that accuses them of price-fixing to set rent rates. All of them use a computer program called RealPage that sets rents based on algorithms... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department spent more than $100 million during the Biden administration on diversity, equity and inclusion educational programs that emphasize social emotional learning and restorative justice, according to an advocacy group's new report. Nearly $20 million of... Read More
ST. LOUIS — Fourteen North Koreans accused of trying to secretly use the U.S. economy to create income for their country were indicted on Wednesday in federal court in Missouri. They allegedly used fake identification and websites to obtain remote... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's request Wednesday to a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to force Google to sell either its Chrome search engine or Android mobile operating system threatens to reshape how the internet is operated. Google controls about... Read More
WASHINGTON — Justice Department attorneys are preparing for the possibility of widespread job terminations and resignations after a warning this week from the transition team for the incoming Trump administration. They were told they could be fired unless they comply... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday released a previously sealed criminal complaint related to an alleged Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump during the final weeks of the 2024 campaign. The court document states that Farhad Shakeri, who... Read More
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Justice Department won a first-round victory Friday in its lawsuit against the state of Virginia over efforts by its election officials to delete registrations of voters they consider ineligible. The lawsuit says the Virginia State Board... Read More
BALTIMORE — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking $100 million against a shipping company whose container ship destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge March 26 and killed six highway maintenance workers. The accident disrupted maritime and highway traffic... Read More
WASHINGTON — Russian diplomatic officials are calling a U.S. Justice Department indictment Wednesday a "witch hunt" for its accusations that President Vladimir Putin is trying to influence the 2024 presidential election. The Justice Department indicted two Russian media executives who... Read More
ATLANTA — The Justice Department special counsel charged with prosecuting former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents filed a brief Monday to appeal a judge's dismissal of the case. Trump faced felony charges resulting from hiding highly classified documents... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued a software company Friday that it says helps landlords engage in price fixing, driving up rents for tenants. Algorithms used by the RealPage revenue management system assist in identifying tenants most susceptible to paying... Read More
LOS ANGELES — The Justice Department sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company Friday over accusations of violating privacy laws by collecting data on children who use the short-form video app. TikTok allegedly allows underage children to establish accounts without... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration are the leads on a new multi-agency task force intended to crack down on the illegal distribution and sale of e-cigarettes. Also participating in the task force are the... Read More
NEW YORK — The Justice Department sued concert promoter Live Nation Thursday in one of the biggest antitrust enforcement actions of the Biden administration. The lawsuit accuses Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit of inflating ticket prices and providing customers... Read More
WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials last week announced plans for a whistleblower program targeting foreign corporations accused of misconduct. They plan to start the pilot program this year. The Justice Department already operates a whistleblower program that offers large rewards... Read More
WASHINGTON — No Labels, the nonpartisan group currently trying to build support for a third-party ticket in the 2024 presidential election, urged the Justice Department on Thursday to investigate an alleged conspiracy to subvert Americans’ voting rights. According to the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission on Monday released a new set of proposed rules aimed at cracking down on mergers and acquisitions that eliminate competition in the marketplace. The new guidelines, which President Joe Biden announced... Read More
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, continued his crusade this week to prove the Biden administration is “weaponized” against conservatives by announcing an investigation of the Justice Department. As part of the investigation, he sent letters to... Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, D-N.J., responded to another indictment filed against him Thursday with more denials as the calls among his fellow Democratic lawmakers for him to resign become more emphatic. The indictment unsealed by the Justice Department... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said late Thursday afternoon that it will review a bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, in the process placing a hold on a $6 billion deal that would forever shield the Sackler family from civil... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is settling with commercial consulting and engineering firm Booz Allen Hamilton for more than $377 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing to its unrelated government contracts. The firm was... Read More
