Nation Dec 04 Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, DOJ probe finds The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023.
Politics Dec 02 What Biden’s decision to pardon his son means President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so.
Politics Nov 25 Read the full motion to dismiss election interference case against Trump Read the full motion by Jack Smith that marks the end of the Justice Department's landmark effort to hold Trump accountable for what prosecutors called a criminal conspiracy to cling to power.
Politics Nov 25 Special counsel moves to dismiss Trump’s election interference and classified documents cases Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against him.
Politics Nov 14 Matt Gaetz was once under investigation for sex trafficking. Now he could lead the Justice Department The federal sex trafficking investigation that began under Attorney General Bill Barr during Donald Trump's first term focused on allegations that Gaetz and a onetime political ally paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex.
Politics Nov 08 Trump’s 2020 election case deadlines cancelled after his reelection President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris means that the Justice Department believes he can no longer face prosecution in accordance with department legal opinions meant to shield presidents from criminal charges while in office.
Politics Nov 06 DOJ evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after his election win Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said…
Nation Oct 25 Law enforcement cracking down on creators of AI-generated child sexual abuse images Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are cracking down on the troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery created through artificial intelligence technology.
Politics Oct 18 Judge releases trove of evidence in Trump’s 2020 election interference case The nearly 1,900 pages of documents collected by special counsel Jack Smith's team were initially filed under seal to help U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan decide what allegations can proceed to trial following the Supreme Court opinion in July that…
Politics Oct 14 How the federal criminal cases against Trump ended up in legal limbo as the election looms A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will end without any chance of a trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the…