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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether the Chinese owner of TikTok has been conducting improper surveillance on American citizens and journalists in particular, as the company deals with significant opposition in its efforts to continue operating the popular video-sharing app in the U.S.

Even if you despise the media, you should be rooting for better public record laws.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden kicked off the fiscal 2024 appropriations process last week with a budget request that renewed a proposal to eliminate funding for the construction of a new federal prison in eastern Kentucky.

Republican Rep. Harold Rogers, a longtime influential appropriator, is now chairman of the Commerce-Justice-Science spending subcommittee.

The investigation of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank involve shares that sold and bonds that were bought by the bank

NEW YORK: A Chinese tycoon closely tied to an adviser to former US president Donald Trump has been arrested in New York and charged with bilking $1 billion from supporters of his anti-Beijing activities.

With his announcement that the Justice Department will seek to tighten up the definitions of who counts as a gun dealer and must then conduct mandated background checks on potential customers, President Joe Biden is taking another small step in the direction of the broad reimagining of which people get…

WASHINGTON — A federal district judge heard oral arguments Wednesday in a controversial case that could decide the fate of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone — a decision that would have broad ramifications nationwide.

The case examines whether the FDA erred in its approval of a drug commonly used for both abortions and miscarriage management.

The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have launched investigations into the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

The Fifth Circuit's decision in United States v. Rahimi, which held that the federal statute prohibiting possession of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence restraining order violates the Second Amendment, has managed to stay in the news for longer than most circuit court decisions. On March…