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Pence Won’t Face Charges in Justice Dept. Inquiry Over Documents
The Justice Department has declined to pursue charges against former Vice President Mike Pence in connection with his retention of classified document [...]
Justice Dept. Investigated Clinton Foundation Until Trump’s Final Days
The Justice Department kept open the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s family foundation for nearly all of President Donald J. Trump’s administrati [...]
Alabama Discriminated Against Black Residents Over Sewage, Justice Dept. Says
The Justice Department said it had reached an interim agreement with the health departments of Alabama and one of its rural counties over practices fo [...]
Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents
Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a [...]
Commerce Dept. Outlines Plans to Fund Cutting-Edge Chip Research
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration outlined plans on Tuesday to propel research on the type of cutting-edge microchips needed to power computers, c [...]
Julie Su Faces Senate Fight as Labor Dept. Nominee
Just over a year ago, the White House suffered an embarrassing defeat when three Democratic senators voted against advancing President Biden’s pick to [...]
Justice Dept. Presses Local Courts to Reduce Fines
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is stepping up pressure on state and local judges to reduce fines and fees charged in their courts, practices that [...]
Justice Dept. Reaches $144.5 Million Deal With Victims of Texas Church Massacre
The department had appealed a decision that found the Air Force liable for a mass shooting in Sutherland Springs in 2017 that killed 26 people.
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Just Dept. Sues Norfolk Southern Railroad East Palestine Train Fire
The lawsuit, seeking to claw back cleanup costs under the Clean Water Act, accuses the Georgia-based rail company of putting profits over safety.
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State Dept. Proposes Joint Tribunal to Try Russian Leaders
The proposed court, a joint effort by Ukraine and other nations, would investigate the Kremlin for the crime of aggression, but there’s a catch: Presi [...]
Dollar General Is Deemed a ‘Severe Violator’ by the Labor Dept.
Since January 2017, OSHA has cited the company for 111 instances of workplace safety violations and imposed more than $15.5 million in penalties.
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Trump Investigations Test Justice Dept. and Divided Nation
Attorney General Merrick Garland and other prosecutors have sought to demonstrate that politics should not infect the justice system. Those efforts fa [...]
Justice Dept. Embraces Supporting Role in Pursuing War Crimes in Ukraine
Prosecutors are investigating war crimes against Americans but are mainly focused on helping Ukraine to hold Russians accountable for atrocities.
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Justice Dept. Investigating TikTok’s Owner Over Possible Spying on Journalists
The inquiry appears to be tied to an admission by the app’s owner, ByteDance, that employees had inappropriately obtained Americans’ data. The company [...]
Justice Dept. Finds Pattern of Discriminatory Policing in Louisville
The review, undertaken after a specialized unit killed Breonna Taylor in a botched raid in 2020, paints a damning portrait of a department in crisis.
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