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Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case
House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.
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Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers’ voices ring out for voting rights
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Special counsel investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says
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Attorney General Merrick Garland to undergo surgery, Justice Department says
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Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department’s first death penalty case under Garland
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Former officers sentenced to 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men
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New gun law has blocked over 500 firearms from being bought by young people, attorney general says
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday that more than 500 gun purchases have been blocked since a new gun law requiring stricter background checks for young people went into effect in 2022.
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Justice Department creates database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement
The U.S. Justice Department has created a database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers.
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Attorney General Garland says in interview he’d resign if Biden asked him to take action on Trump
Attorney General Merrick Garland says in an interview that he would resign if asked by President Joe Biden to take action against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
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Why the power of a US attorney has become a flashpoint in the Hunter Biden case
House Republicans grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Justice Department investigation of Hunter Biden. While the Hunter Biden case is far from typical, it touches on some of the more mundane but less-well-understood aspects of the criminal justice system.
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House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden
House Republicans are using a routine oversight hearing to interrogate Garland about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden.
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US: Mexico extradites Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Chapo,’ to United States
Mexico has extradited Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. U.S.
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Biden stays mum on Justice Dept. decision to name special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
President Joe Biden is keeping mum about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to name a special counsel in the investigation of his son Hunter Biden.
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Attorney general appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe, deepening investigation
Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son.
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Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant
An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities say.
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Justice Department helping Ukraine in war crimes investigations, Attorney General Garland says
Attorney General Merrick Garland says the U.S. Justice Department is cooperating with the International Criminal Court and supporting Ukrainian prosecutors carrying out war crime investigations.
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Justice Department faces biggest test in its history with election conspiracy case against Trump
It is navigating unprecedented conditions in American democracy while trying to fight back against relentless attacks on its own credibility and that of the U.S. election system.
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Justice Department investigating Memphis policing methods, months after Tyre Nichols’ death
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop.
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Jan. 6 charges against Trump would add to his mounting legal peril as he campaigns for 2024
Already facing criminal cases in New York and Florida, former President Donald Trump is in increasing legal peril as investigations into his efforts to cling to power after his election loss appear to be coming to a head.
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Biden’s White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices
The Biden administration is proposing new guidelines for corporate mergers, taking steps to disclose junk fees charged by landlords and launching a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry.
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Top official in Justice Department’s criminal division to depart
The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years overseeing everything from corporate fraud prosecutions to war crimes investigations.
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Attorney general denies whistleblower claims of interference in Hunter Biden investigation
Attorney General Merrick Garland is pushing back against claims that the Justice Department interfered with the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.
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Attorney General Garland keeps poker face as firestorm erupts after Trump charges
Back in March 2021, Merrick Garland pledged on his first day as attorney general a return to what he calls the “norms” of the Justice Department.
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Biden’s Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases
An Associated Press review of dozens of legal filings shows that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department is fighting just as vigorously as Donald Trump’s did to uphold death row inmates’ sentences, despite Biden’s opposition to capital punishment.
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After Breonna Taylor death, feds find police discrimination
The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police engaged in discrimination and a pattern of violating constitutional rights, after an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.
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Zelenskyy tells US, Europe law chiefs Russia must face court
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials, and called for Russia to face international prosecution for war crimes.
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Hunter Biden probe free of interference, Garland pledges
Attorney General Merrick Garland says he won’t interfere with an investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes run by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware.
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Key dates in discovery of classified records tied to Biden
Key dates related to the discovery of classified documents tied to President Joe Biden, based on statements from the White House, the president, his lawyers and Attorney General Merrick Garland:
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US charges 3 in plot to kill Iranian-American author in NYC
The Justice Department has charged three men in an alleged plot that originated in Iran to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses.
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Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Four members of the Oath Keepers have been convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the second major trial involving far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power.
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South Dakota’s Noem says cell phone number hacked
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that her personal cell phone number has been hacked and blamed it on the release of her Social Security number amid hundreds of documents that the House Jan. 6 committee released last year.
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Dems: Biden should be ‘embarrassed’ by classified docs case
Senior Democrats are expressing criticism of how President Joe Biden handled classified material after leaving office as vice president.
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Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’
President Joe Biden says there is “no there there” following the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office.
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EXPLAINER: Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty
President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment. But his Justice Department continues to press for the death penalty in certain cases — even as a moratorium means no federal executions are likely to happen anytime soon.
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Biden: Americans should ‘pay attention’ to MLK’s legacy
President Joe Biden has made a historical pilgrimage to what he calls “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
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Key dates in discovery of classified records tied to Biden
Key dates related to the discovery of classified documents tied to President Joe Biden, based on statements from the White House, the president and Attorney General Merrick Garland:
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