Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Justice Department

Justice Department to investigate police response to Texas school shooting

DOJ spokesman says ‘goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day’

The Independent UK

Biden visits Uvalde as DOJ announces review of how police responded to the attack

As President Biden visited Uvalde on Sunday, federal officials said they would investigate how law enforcement responded to the massacre that left 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers dead.

WEKU

Justice Dept. to review response to Texas school shooting

The Justice Department says it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

FBI records on search for fabled gold raise more questions

A scientific analysis commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggests that a huge quantity of gold was below the surface of a rural site in western Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Feds interview Georgia Republicans who refused to serve as 'fake' electors

ATLANTA — Federal investigators have interviewed several Georgia Republicans who refused to join a phony slate of GOP electors to help Donald Trump's failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Tribune News Service

FBI agents accused of botching Larry Nassar case will not face charges, Justice Department says

John Manly, a lawyer for many of Nassar’s alleged victims, called the decision ‘incomprehensible’

The Independent UK

FBI agents who investigated Larry Nassar won’t be charged

Two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who investigated Larry Nassar, the former U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexual abuse, won’t face criminal charges, the Justice Department said.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Senators call decision not to prosecute FBI agents in Larry Nassar case 'infuriating' - Roll Call

Two key senators said the decision not to prosecute FBI agents who did not act on reports of abuse by Larry Nassar was "infuriating."

Roll Call

DOJ has decided not to charge the FBI agents who mishandled the Larry Nassar case

The deputy attorney general told Congress last year that prosecutors would review new evidence about FBI failures in the investigation of Larry Nassar.

WEKU

U.S. secures forfeiture of Maryland property of former Gambian president

The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has secured the forfeiture of a Maryland property purchased by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh with about $3.5 million in alleged corruption proceeds through a trust set up by his wife.

Reuters

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate

The Independent UK

Analysis: Left-wing Colombian candidate plans drug war shakeup

Leading Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is roundly critical of the U.S.-led war on drugs and has questioned the extradition of a drug kingpin, views that may herald a shakeup of how the Andean nation battles the narcotics industry.

Reuters

‘Enough!’ Biden, decrying mass shootings and excessive force, signs executive order on policing

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer by signing an executive order aimed at reforming policing at the federal level.

Los Angeles Times

EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

The DOJ Says a Man Whose Record Was Expunged Still Must Register As a Sex Offender, Which Is Impossible

A federal lawsuit argues that the department's regulations violate due process, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment.

Tribune News Service

Biden to sign policing order on anniversary of George Floyd’s death

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order Wednesday afternoon aimed at putting new limits on federal law enforcement, to mark the second anniversary of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis Police officer.

Roll Call

Biden to sign policing order on anniversary of George Floyd's death - Roll Call

President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order Wednesday afternoon aimed at putting new limits on federal law enforcement.

Tribune News Service

Justice Department sees ‘gamesmanship’ in latest immigration clash with Texas

WASHINGTON — Texas asked a federal judge on Monday to block a Biden administration overhaul of asylum processing at the border just days before the rule is set to take effect, a move the Justice Department criticized as “gamesmanship.”

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Mic

Derek Chauvin was just hit with 2 lawsuits alleging racism and excessive force

The Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd allegedly had a history of violent and racist behavior, according to the lawsuits.

Axios

Justice Department will direct federal agents to intervene if they see police abuse

The updated polict comes after years of protests over police killings, particularly involving Black people.

WEKU

DOJ's new policy requires officers to stop others from using excessive force

The policy spells out situations in which officers have an "affirmative duty" — to prevent or stop other officers from using excessive force, and to render or call for medical aid when it's needed.

Roll Call

Justice Department sees 'gamesmanship' in latest immigration clash with Texas - Roll Call

Texas asked a federal judge to block a Biden administration overhaul of asylum processing just days before the rule is set to take effect.

The Guardian - US

Rudy Giuliani stonewalls Capitol attack investigators during lengthy deposition

Trump lawyer testified to panel Friday but declined to discuss involvement of Republicans in bid to overturn election

Reason

But was the sex viewpoint-neutral?

Episode 408 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

The Independent UK

Are police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask

The Minneapolis Police Department will face the scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation concluded that its officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force more often on people of color and maintain a culture in which racism is tolerated

1 … 134 135 136 137

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations