Sep 24 WATCH: Garland announces antitrust lawsuit against Visa over debit card competition By Mae Anderson, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market. Continue reading
Sep 19 Justice Department opens probe into Mississippi sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 5:30 TikTok fights DOJ in court over law that would ban app in U.S. By Geoff Bennett The Justice Department and TikTok faced off in federal court over a law that would require the app to break ties with the Chinese-controlled parent company, ByteDance, or be banned in the U.S. Geoff Bennett discussed the developments with NPR’s… Continue watching
Sep 13 What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the landmark law turns 30 By Vivian Hoang The law was the first federal legislative package to designate domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes and require community-coordinated response to violence against women. Continue reading
Sep 12 WATCH: Garland denounces conspiracy theories targeting Justice Department staff By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Speaking to U.S. attorneys gathered in Washington and other Justice Department members, Garland forcefully defended the department’s integrity and impartiality against claims of politicization by Republicans. Continue reading
Sep 05 DOJ charges former 2016 Trump campaign adviser over his work for sanctioned Russian TV By Eric Tucker, David Klepper, Associated Press Indictments announced Thursday allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1 million dollars and a personal car and driver in exchange for work they did for Russia's Channel One since June 2022. The network was sanctioned by the… Continue reading
Sep 05 Well-known right-wing influencers duped to work for covert Russian operation, U.S. prosecutors say By Alan Suderman, Ali Swenson, Associated Press The accusations mark the third straight presidential election in which U.S. authorities have unveiled politically charged details about the Kremlin's attempted interference in U.S. politics. Continue reading
Sep 04 U.S. preparing to accuse Russia of election disinformation campaigns, sources say By Eric Tucker, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The announcement anticipated from Attorney General Merrick Garland, first reported by CNN, is expected to show the depth of U.S. concerns and signal legal actions against those suspected of being involved. Continue reading
Sep 03 Justice Department charges Hamas leader, other militants over Oct. 7 massacre in Israel By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City includes charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, resulting in… Continue reading
Sep 02 U.S. government seizes plane used by Venezuela’s president Maduro, citing sanctions violations By Eric Tucker, Regina Garcia Cano, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press U.S. officials allege that the aircraft was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States. Continue reading