The Latest Breaking News from the US Department of Justice

New NatWest boss worked for oil firm under investigation in ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’

Exclusive: Rick Haythornthwaite was paid £200,000 a year by Saudi company, PetroSaudi, involved in 1MDB scandal

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

First Thing: Burning Man revelers begin to leave festival after road reopens

Organisers of event in Nevada desert have asked people to stagger their departure after thousands were stranded over weekend. Plus, has US learned to cope with extreme heat?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

Think reparations are impossible? The story of Japanese Americans proves otherwise

Four decades after their incarceration in the second world war, survivors received redress. Now veterans of the movement are fighting for reparations for Black Americans

The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2023

Is Hunter Biden’s plea deal a gift to Republicans?

The US president’s son will plead guilty to tax charges and admit to illegally possessing a gun, after reaching a plea deal with the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Week · Jun 21, 2023

Southern California man convicted of threatening 2 Planned Parenthood clinics

LOS ANGELES — A Ventura County man pleaded guilty to making death threats against two Southern California Planned Parenthood clinics, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last summer, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 13, 2023

Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 13, 2023

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for January 6 sedition

Judge’s damning rebuke of far-right ‘militia’ founder calls him ‘a threat and a peril’ to democracy

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

US charges North Korean bank official over crypto laundering

North Korean Foreign Trade Bank representative accused of conspiring to use stolen funds to buy goods for Pyongyang.

Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2023

US arrests two for running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC

US officials accuse two men of engaging in ‘transnational repression’ of Chinese diaspora in US at the behest of China.

Al Jazeera · Apr 17, 2023

Dems want DOJ probe of Tenn. expulsions

Democrats allege racial discrimination, voter disenfranchisement and First Amendment rights violations

Salon · Apr 13, 2023