The Justice Department has finalized its first plan to help address the problem of missing and murdered Native people on one of the largest reservations in Montana.

By Michael Balsamo, Iris Samuels, Associated Press

The U.S. Justice Department's to-do list is always intense. And now two very different legal controversies -- insurrection cases and tribal lands disputes -- are threatening to swamp a department already flooded with pandemic-delayed cases.

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Sean Murphy, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press