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Justice Department opens probe into Silicon Valley Bank after its sudden collapse

Justice Department officials have launched an investigation into the bank amid growing questions about who shares responsibility for the largest bank failure since the 2008 collapse.

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Biden to announce executive order on gun sale background checks

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Biden to announce executive order on gun sale background checks - Roll Call

President Joe Biden will announce an executive order Tuesday that instructs the Justice Department to increase the number of background checks on gun sales nationwide, according to senior administration officials. Biden will make the announcement from the site of a January shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., as his calls to…

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EXPLAINER: What's the status of the US death penalty?

The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended with a split among jurors, meaning the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in a New York City will be spared

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How law enforcement is promoting a troubling documentary about 'sextortion'

Law enforcement organizations are promoting a new film about children being exploited into sharing sexual images and videos. But many of the film's key claims lack context.

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JetBlue merger with Spirit not cleared for takeoff – why Justice Department is suing to scupper deal

The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened to block a proposed deal that would see carrier JetBlue buy budget service Spirit Airlines.

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Trump calls the latest special counsel a 'monster.' His lawyer used to call him a friend

Former President Donald Trump went on the attack when Jack Smith was named the latest special counsel to investigate the former president, calling him a “fully weaponized monster” whose Obama-era ties made him a “political hit man.”

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Google loses bid to move DOJ’s antitrust suit to NY from Virginia

A federal judge on Friday said the Justice Department can sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google in Virginia, batting down efforts by the tech giant to change the venue of the litigation to New York.

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Are the feds ignoring Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems? Experts raise alarms for 2024

WASHINGTON — As news trickled out that former President Donald Trump's supporters had organized to access federally protected election machines, and copied sensitive information and software, election expert Susan Greenhalgh waited for FBI or Justice Department leaders to announce an investigation.

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YouTuber ordered to forfeit more than $30M in luxury assets including $6M in cash, Lamborghinis, McLarens and property portfolio

Bill Omar Carrasquill was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including copyright infringement and tax fraud.

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The DOJ found a pattern of misconduct in the Louisville police department. Now what?

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg spoke with Morning Edition about steps the city is taking to reform its police department — which he says is also some 300 officers short.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reconnected to energy grid as UN warns ‘one day our luck will run out’ – as it happened

Warning from head of UN nuclear watchdog comes after Zaporizhzhia plant loses power for sixth time

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Pentagon doesn’t want to share evidence of Russian atrocities amid fears international court may target US

State Department, Justice Department, and intelligence agencies all reportedly favour handing evidence

The Independent UK

Congressional candidate admits funneling $25,000 from relative into campaign

A 2020 Republican candidate who lost her campaign to fill former Rep. Mark Meadows’ seat after he became White House chief of staff pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaking campaign finance laws by concealing the source of some of the money she loaned her campaign, the Justice Department said in a…

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US gets warrant to seize plane owned by Russian oil firm Rosneft

The United States on Wednesday obtained a warrant to seize a Boeing aircraft owned by Russian oil company Rosneft that is valued at over $25 million, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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Senators urge DOJ to scrutinize landlords’ use of RealPage software to raise rents

Four U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department to look closely at how Richardson-based RealPage’s software is used by big landlords.

Reason

Assessing the Legal Claims in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

There's been lots of heat, but very little light in coverage and commentary about the lawsuit seeking to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone.

Reason

Justice Department Probe Finds Illegal, Violent, and Discriminatory Policing in Louisville, Kentucky

The two-year investigation, launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, concluded that Louisville police routinely used invalid search warrants and failed to knock and announce their presence.

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Kentucky police slammed as racist by probe into 2020 killing

LOUISVILLE (UNITED STATES) - Police in Kentucky have engaged in a pattern of racist abuse for years, involving excessive force and illegal searches, a US Justice Department probe found Wednesday, following a botched raid that killed a Black medical technician and fuelled nationwide protests.

The Independent UK

After Taylor shooting, feds find pattern of violations

The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor

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Justice Department launches investigation into Memphis police after Tyre Nichols death

A special police unit in Memphis was disbanded after Nichols’ death

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Tyre Nichols death spurs Justice Department police review

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department policies on use of force, de-escalation policies and specialized units in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols during an arrest

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What happened to the four Americans ensnared in a deadly Mexico cartel kidnapping?

Four US citizens were ambushed and taken hostage in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after crossing into Mexico for a cosmetic surgery procedure. Four days later, two of them were found dead and two were rescued. Andrea Blanco and Joe Sommerlad report

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FBI tested by attacks, politically explosive investigations

The FBI finds itself in a challenging moment as it conducts simultaneous investigations involving classified documents held by former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden

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DOJ files suit to block JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against JetBlue Airways’ proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines — a merger that would create the fifth-largest U.S. airline.

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