House Passes Update to Landmark Voting Rights Act
Responding to a 2013 Supreme Court decision, the House of Representatives on Friday updated the law that mandates oversight of certain states with records of discriminatory voting laws.
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Feds Grilled Over Trump Appointment of Immigration Official
A federal judge told the Justice Department on Tuesday that its case for the legitimacy of President Donald Trump appointing the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services eviscerates a law Congress passed to ensure top agency officials are Senate-confirmed.
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Ruckelshaus, Who Defied Nixon in Watergate Firing, Dies
William Doyle Ruckelshaus, who famously quit his job in the U.S. Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 87.
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Judge Delays Flynn Sentencing Until Release of DOJ Report
A federal judge has agreed to postpone Michael Flynn’s sentencing originally slated for Dec. 18 after both sides requested a delay until the release of a Justice Department internal report on the investigation into Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
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Feds Accused of Stonewalling Media Request for Mueller Records
A lawyer representing CNN in a battle for access to sealed records from the Mueller investigation told a federal judge in Washington on Monday that the Justice Department is intentionally delaying production of the documents.
Read moreBarr Announces Plan to Address Crisis of Murdered & Missing Native Americans
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced a Department of Justice program Friday that will help investigate cases of missing and murdered indigenous people in America.
Read moreFederal Prison System Plagued by Abuses
For years the federal Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by systematic failures, from massive staffing shortages to chronic violence. But the largest agency in the Justice Department has largely stayed out of the public view.
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Justice Department Says It Will Address Gun Violence
Attorney General William Barr announced an initiative Wednesday to enforce gun background checks, coordinate state and federal gun cases, and ensure prosecutors quickly update databases to show when a defendant can’t possess a gun because of mental health issues.
Read moreDow Chemical to Pay $77 Million to Restore Michigan Habitats
The Justice Department said Friday that Dow Chemical Company has agreed to pay $77 million to restore wildlife habitats damaged by toxic chemicals released from its facility in central Michigan.
Read moreJustice Dep’t Formalizes Policy on Impeachment Inquiry No-Shows
Weeks into a blockade against administration officials cooperating in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said requests for testimony will not be considered legally valid unless a government lawyer sits in the interview.
Read moreUnder Armour’s Strong Numbers Drowned Out by Investigation
A strong quarter from Under Armour was overshadowed by federal investigations into the company’s accounting practices.
Read moreNinth Circuit Upholds Block of DOJ Conditions on Grants to Sanctuary Cities
A Ninth Circuit panel sided with a federal judge Thursday, upholding a decision to bar the Justice Department from imposing special conditions on policing grants for cities that refuse to help federal authorities detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
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DC Circuit Temporarily Stays Order Requiring Disclosure of Mueller Grand Jury Records
The D.C. Circuit handed down a temporary stay Tuesday night on a judge’s ruling that backed the legality of the House impeachment inquiry and ordered the Justice Department to hand over secret Mueller grand jury materials to Democrats.
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Former Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Now Claiming Innocence
In what the Justice Department called an “extraordinary reversal,” former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn is now claiming he is innocent after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI two years ago.
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Read moreJustice Department Opens Criminal Probe Into Russia Investigation
The Justice Department is shifting its review of the Russia investigation into a criminal probe, a move likely to raise ethical questions about the president’s use of law enforcement to look into his opponents.
Read moreTrump Tax Returns Are Off-Limits, Feds Tell Second Circuit
Taking President Donald Trump’s side, the Justice Department on Friday asked the Second Circuit to block the release of Trump’s tax returns to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Read moreJudges Turn Up Heat on Feds Over Stalled Records Requests
Tired and frustrated, federal judges are strategically ordering government agencies to pick up the pace in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests to pressure Congress into allocating more funding to offices tasked with releasing records to the public.
Read moreJudge Asked to Keep Mueller Grand Jury Evidence Secret
The Justice Department urged a federal judge Tuesday not to look to the history books in deciding whether to hand over secret material from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to the House Judiciary Committee, saying the court in 1974 was wrong to release grand jury evidence during Watergate.
Read moreCarnival Cruises Slammed Over Gaps in Pollution-Control Data
Justice Department attorneys are pressing cruise giant Carnival to turn over more information on its pollution-control efforts in the wake of the company’s $20 million fine for violating probation in an illegal waste dumping case.
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