

Politics Jan 15

Court documents filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors claimed that there is "strong evidence" that the people who broke into the Capitol intended to "capture and assassinate elected officials.” Listen to the Justice Department briefing live here.
By Associated Press
Nation Jan 07

The Justice Department said Thursday that Boeing agreed to the settlement that includes money for the crash victims' families, airline customers and airlines, as well as a fine.
By David Koenig, Associated Press
Nation Jan 06

The Justice Department says about 3% of its email accounts could be compromised as part of a massive breach of federal government agencies that U.S. officials have linked to Russia. No classified systems are believed to have been affected.
By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Nation Dec 21

The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Dec 14

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
President Donald Trump says Attorney General William Barr is resigning.
Dec 14

By Candice Norwood, Daniel Bush
President-elect Joe Biden will face pressure when he takes office to make swift changes to the Department of Justice.
Nov 27

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
The amended rule, published Friday in the Federal Register, allows the U.S. government to conduct executions by lethal injection or use “any other manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the sentence was imposed.”…
Nov 25

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
A judge concluded last month in a written decision that President Donald Trump’s June 19 statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency and were outside the scope of his employment as president.
Oct 28

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing to return to China to face charges, officials said.
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