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The DOJ Is Reluctant To Continue Defending the CDC's Mask Mandate Because It Worries It Will Lose Again

Clarifying the agency's authority could impede future power grabs.

Reason

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The Independent UK

Biden asks Supreme Court for OK to scrap Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy on asylum-seeking migrants

WASHINGTON — Courts can’t force President Joe Biden to abide by former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy indefinitely, especially since it puts vulnerable migrants in danger and hampers foreign relations.

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Biden weighs mask mandate appeal that may be fruitless, or worse

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said it is ready to appeal a ruling that eliminated the mask mandate for plane and train travel if necessary, even after some argued the best way to preserve the government’s authority was to let the case die.

Tribune News Service

Justice Department will appeal mask mandate ruling if CDC finds requirement still ‘necessary’

Biden administration weighing response after federal judge voided public transit requirement

The Independent UK

Warden at Epstein jail quietly retires amid federal probe

The warden who ran the federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself was allowed to quietly retire from the Bureau of Prisons in February

The Independent UK

Trump-appointed judge becomes hero on the right for her mask ruling

The federal government’s public transportation mask mandate was thrown out by a Trump appointee considered unqualified for the job by the American Bar Association but immediately hailed as a hero in conservative circles.

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Trump call log gap could be investigated for criminal misconduct

‘All of this raises a question of whether someone tampered with the call logs’

The Independent UK

TSA will not enforce mask mandate after judge strikes down requirement. What happens next?

How airlines, public transit and the Biden administration are responding as one of the last pieces of pandemic-era public health protections comes to an end

The Independent UK

Justice Dept Agrees To Return More Than $1M Seized From Legal Cannabis Companies In California

The Justice Department has agreed to return more than $1 million that California sheriff's deputies stole from Empyreal Logistics, an armored-car company that serves state-licensed marijuana businesses,

Benzinga

The truth about Hunter Biden and the charges he faces

President Joe Biden’s youngest son has no role in the Biden Administration. But as Andrew Feinberg explains, that hasn’t stopped Republicans from using him to hurt his father

The Independent UK

US gambling group seeks crackdown on illegal betting sites

The gambling industry’s national trade association is asking the federal government to crack down on illegal betting sites, saying consumers need to be protected

The Independent UK

Why are Republicans so obsessed with Hunter Biden?

President Joe Biden’s youngest son has no role in the Biden Administration. But as Andrew Feinberg explains, that hasn’t stopped Republicans from using him to hurt his father

The Independent UK

Have Democrats already lost the fight?

Jan. 6 committee looks likely to chicken out on Trump: It's a perfect example of why the Democrats are losing

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Editorial: Ghost gun rule won’t do much good, but it also won’t do any harm

This week, President Joe Biden announced new measures to track the sale of “ghost guns,” untraceable firearms made from do-it-yourself kits. The new Justice Department rule will require such kits to be produced by licensed manufacturers, and will require purchasers to pass a background check. This is a reasonable gun…

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Ohio man blaming Donald Trump's 'orders' for Capitol rioting found guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison

Dustin Byron Thompson, who says he was "following presidential orders" from Donald Trump when he stormed the US Capitol, is convicted by a jury that took less than three hours to reject his defence.

The Independent UK

Trump says he wanted Barr to get himself impeached by pursuing bogus election fraud claims

The former president told his attorney general it would help his approval rating

Reason

The Feds Will Return More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Money That California Cops Stole From Armored Cars

Empyreal Logistics agreed to drop its claims against the Justice Department, but it is still suing San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus.

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The Independent UK

AP sources: Trump aide Stephen Miller to speak to 1/6 panel

Trump aide Stephen Miller will appear before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection

The Independent UK

Project Veritas says US seized staffer info as part of probe

Conservative group Project Veritas says the Justice Department had secretly obtained from Apple and Google personal information as part of an ongoing investigation into how the organization received a diary purported to belong to President Joe Biden’s daughter

Roll Call

Park Police, Secret Service reach settlement over 2020 protests - Roll Call

U.S. Park Police and Secret Service agreed to a settlement tied to the violent clearing of protestors from near the White House on June 1, 2020, federal prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times

FBI’s tactics doomed case against men charged in kidnapping plot of Michigan governor

The appearance of entrapment, and the difficulty of distinguishing between fantasy and criminal conspiracy, explains the embarrassing outcome of the federal trial in which jurors acquitted two alleged conspirators and failed to reach verdicts for the other two.

Tribune News Service

Whistleblowers say health insurers are scamming Medicare to make billions

Teresa Ross had been raising objections at work for months when her bosses brought in a psychologist hoping to make her question her own sanity.

Reason

A Federal Jury Delivers a Rebuke of FBI Entrapment

The agency’s tactics doomed the prosecution of defendants who allegedly planned to kidnap Michigan's governor.

The Independent UK

AP source: DOJ denies panel details in Trump records probe

The Justice Department has declined a request this week from the House oversight committee regarding the contents of records that former President Donald Trump took to his Florida residence after leaving the White House

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