The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

Ralph Yarl shooting investigated as hate crime as suspect Andrew Lester pleads not guilty

The 84-year-old suspect remains out on bond until next hearing on 1 June

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Uneasy marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut

Legal marijuana growers along the West Coast are struggling with oversupply, low prices and limited outlets for selling their product

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Schumer introduces resolution supporting FBI after Trump called for defunding

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he was introducing a resolution in support of fully funding federal law enforcement, attempting to embarrass Republicans after Donald Trump suggested Congress should defund the FBI and the Justice Department.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023

FBI arrests two for allegedly running secret Chinese police station in New York

Officials say the ‘undeclared police station’ in Manhattan’s Chinatown was shut down last year

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

U.S. to offer additional help to Ukraine for Russian war crimes probes

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Monday the Justice Department intends to appoint a prosecutor and a legal adviser to assist Ukraine with its efforts to investigate and prosecute suspected war crimes by Russian forces.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2023

Inmate stuck on US death row despite vacated death sentence

A federal inmate has remained stuck on death row in solitary confinement for four years despite a judge's ruling that the inmate is intellectually disabled and can never be put to death

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2023

US takes action against Mexican cartel, Chinese firms to stem fentanyl trafficking

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials announced actions Friday to combat fentanyl as the nation struggles to battle overdose deaths, including charges against members of a Mexican drug cartel that authorities say is behind the drug’s largest trafficking operation on the globe.

Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2023

U.S. charges El Chapo's sons and other Sinaloa cartel members in fentanyl trafficking

Members of the Mexican cartel are facing several charges involving fentanyl trafficking, weapons and money laundering in New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

WEKU · Apr 14, 2023

Biden administration asks US supreme court to halt abortion pill restrictions

Limits slated to go into effect at 12.01am Saturday following lower court’s order revoking the FDA’s approval of mifepristone

The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2023

DOJ, drugmaker ask SCOTUS to intervene in abortion drug case

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and a pharmaceutical company on Friday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the court fight over a commonly used abortion drug in order to keep a court ruling restricting availability of the drug from taking effect this weekend.

Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2023