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US Justice Department increases rewards for corporate whistleblowers to combat corporate crime and promote transparency and accountability.

Opinion | Judge Dredd remains one of the most relevant and incisive comics for our times

From a Justice Department press release on Wednesday (and see the indictment): POLAD OMAROV, a/k/a "Araz Aliyev," a/k/a "Polad Qaqa," a/k/a "Haci Qaqa," [has been extradited] from the Czech Republic on murder-for-hire and money laundering charges contained in a Superseding Indictment…. OMAROV was arrested in the Czech Republic on January…

Philip Esformes was sentenced for charges on which a jury hung. After receiving a commutation, the federal government vowed to try to put him back in prison.

Recent events raise concerns about Russian disinformation in American politics and the challenges of safeguarding democratic processes.

Get the latest updates on Special Counsel Robert Herr's upcoming testimony regarding President Biden's handling of classified documents and his mental fitn...

President Biden's legal team had expressed concerns about passages in the report that questioned the president's memory and actions despite the special counsel finding no grounds for prosecution.

The watchdog's reporting comes in the wake of several high-profile deaths in federal lockups in recent years, most notably the murder James "Whitey" Bulger and the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein.

It paints a picture of FBI employees who repeatedly engaged in activities that violated Justice Department and FBI policies, and exposed them to possible extortion and blackmail.