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Justice Dept admits not knowing how long Banksia Hill detainees have been locked in cells

The Department of Justice's Director-General says the gap in recording was only realised as a result of legal action against Banksia Hill.

ABC News

One of the deadliest federal prison units is closing

The Bureau of Prisons is shutting down a unit at its newest penitentiary in Illinois, following an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project that exposed it was rife with violence and abuse.

WEKU

North Carolina AG won't defend abortion pill restrictions

North Carolina's attorney general won’t defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged in a federal lawsuit

The Independent UK

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Senators fault Department of Justice for 'appalling' conditions in jails

LOS ANGELES — The federal government started investigating Los Angeles jails in 1996 — back when Bill Clinton was president, the Spice Girls were all the rage, and Tupac Shakur's killing dominated the news.

Los Angeles Times

The Pence subpoena could set up a showdown over executive privilege

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked executive privilege as attempts to block testimony about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WEKU

FBI finds document with classified markings at Pence home

Last month, Mr Pence said he was ultimately responsible for the presence of documents with classified markings at his home during an appearance at Florida International University

The Independent UK

US confirms ‘high-altitude object’ taken down over Alaska – as it happened

John Kirby says defense department was tracking flying object, and Biden ordered military to ‘down’ it – follow all the latest news

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How the Durham inquiry backfired to show weaponization of Trump DoJ

Investigation into origin of FBI Trump-Russia inquiry is ending with little to show but questions over its own political bias

The Guardian - US

Mike Pence subpoenaed by special counsel in charge of Trump probes

Move reportedly comes after months of negotiations with federal prosecutors

The Independent UK

WA inquest into Cally Graham's death criticises prison healthcare, praises 'heroic' cellmate

A WA woman who died after going into cardiac arrest in prison only received the chance for "lifesaving CPR" because of her cellmate's "heroic" actions, after a nurse rushing to help took an empty oxygen tank, a coroner finds.

ABC News

Jim Jordan is back with a vengeance

From Tea Party to Freedom Caucus to MAGA, how Jim Jordan became a respected member of the GOP establishment

Salon

Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that's still shaping American politics

For nearly 60 years, conservatives have been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. As a scholar of American voting rights, I believe their long game is finally bearing fruit.

The Conversation

FBI to search Mike Pence’s home where classified documents were found, report says

Former vice-president’s attorneys are in talks with the FBI to schedule a search

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: How to discover impacts of local gerrymandering

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George Santos treasurer jumps ship amid probes into campaign finances

The New York Republican faces intense scrutiny for campaign finance irregularities

Al Jazeera

FBI searched Biden’s beach house amid document probe, lawyer says

US president’s lawyer says search, conducted with Biden’s cooperation, did not result in finding classified documents.

The Independent UK

No classified documents found during ‘planned’ search of Biden’s beach house, lawyer says

Mr Biden’s personal lawyer says the search ‘is a further step in a thorough and timely DOJ process we will continue to fully support and facilitate’

ABC News

Goldfields prisoner waited two hours for treatment after stroke, inquest hears

A WA coroner stops short of blaming prison and hospital staff over a 48-year-old Aboriginal inmate's death in custody, but says senior staff at a regional jail need to understand preservation of life is more important than the completion of paperwork.

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Reuters

Wealthy Russian undertook $90 million hack-and-trade scheme, U.S. says at trial

A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin made tens of millions of dollars trading on secret financial information obtained by hackers about multiple companies before it was public, a U.S. prosecutor said Monday at the start of his trial.

The Independent UK

Florida woman accused of scamming Holocaust survivor out of $2.8m in dating site fraud

Ms Stergo allegedly used the money to finance expensive vacations and purchase a cars, a boat, and a house in a gated community

The Independent UK

Pence takes full responsibility after classified docs found

Former Vice President Mike Pence says he takes “full responsibility” after classified documents were found at his Indiana home

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Charges Three in Iran-Backed Effort to Assassinate Journalist

US prosecutors have charged three members of an Eastern European criminal organization which has ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is a US citizen, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday. Rafat Amirov, Polad Omarov and Khalid Mehdiyev were charged with murder-for-hire and…

The Conversation

Biden and Trump are both accused of mishandling classified documents – but there are key differences

When the US Department of Justice revealed on January 21 that its investigators had found classified materials in Joe Biden’s Delaware home, there was outrage – or, to be more accurate in most cases faux outrage – in Republican party circles. They wasted no time in demanding further investigation into…

Los Angeles Times

Meet the Justice Department attorney who'll square off in House GOP investigations

WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte has spent months preparing to face off against House Republicans as they unleash a gantlet of congressional investigations into the Justice Department.

WEKU

FBI says it 'hacked the hackers' to shut down major ransomware group

The FBI spent months spying on the ransomware group Hive and secretly helped victims before shutting the entire operation down.

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