Nation Mar 08 Former police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says The Justice Department says a former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
Politics Mar 04 Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants Justice Samuel Alito on Monday issued an order that temporarily halts Texas' immigration law from going into effect until next week so the full court can decide what steps to take next.
Politics Mar 01 House Republicans send new Justice Department subpoenas in Biden impeachment inquiry, drawing pushback The Justice Department is pushing back against a new set of subpoenas quietly sent out by House Republicans related the Hunter Biden criminal investigation in another brewing faceoff in the impeachment inquiry.
Politics Feb 25 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers ban on gun bump stocks The Supreme Court agreed in November to decide whether a Trump era-ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, violates federal law.
Politics Feb 20 Hunter Biden's lawyers suggest his case is tainted by claims of former FBI informant charged with lying The gun and tax charges against Hunter Biden are separate from the claims made by informant Alexander Smirnov, who has been charged with making up a bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son and a Ukrainian energy company.
Politics Feb 15 FBI informant charged for making up allegations about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian energy company Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said Thursday.
Politics Feb 08 WATCH: In surprise appearance, Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report The report from special counsel Robert Hur resolves a criminal investigation that had shadowed Biden's presidency for the last year. But its bitingly critical assessment of his handling of sensitive government records and unflattering characterizations of his memory will spark…
Politics Feb 08 Biden 'willfully' disclosed classified materials, but no criminal charges warranted, special counsel says The report from special counsel Robert Hur, released Thursday, represents a harshly critical assessment of Biden's handling of sensitive government materials, but also details the reasons why he should not be charged with the crime.
Economy Jan 31 EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases.
Politics Jan 29 Attorney General Merrick Garland to undergo surgery, Justice Department says The news comes as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returns to work at the Pentagon following a hospitalization related to prostate cancer that was criticized for being kept secret for days.