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The FBI did not announce any arrests, but is still investigating the group. FBI director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the action in a press conference.

A Colombian man once referred to as the country’s most notorious drug lord since Pablo Escobar has pleaded guilty to cocaine smuggling charges in the U.S.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday the federal investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police, “may take some time.”

The Biden White House has been criticized for how it has handled the discovery of classified records in private locations used by Joe Biden.

The U.S. Justice Department says it has opened a civil rights investigation into the arrest of Tyre Nichols, who died days after a confrontation with Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop.

It’s President Joe Biden’s refuge from Washington — a place that’s part home office, part Sunday family dinner venue, a safe place for his treasured 1967 Corvette and a makeshift campaign studio during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discriminating against Black and Latino residents, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in what is the largest redlining settlement in DOJ history.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified in found in President Joe Biden’s possession stemming from his time as vice president.

After classified documents were found in his Delaware home, President Joe Biden briefly addressed reporters Thursday to defend his administration’s response to the discovery. “The Department of Justice was immediately notified and the lawyers arranged for the [DOJ] to take possession of the documents.”

Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.

“I don’t know what’s in the documents. My lawyers have not suggested I ask what documents they were,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “We’re cooperating fully with the review, which I hope will be finished soon.”

The Justice Department and National Archives are reviewing the documents, a White House lawyer said Monday.

“Sextortion,” a type of online enticement where predators extort minors for sexual content or money, is on the rise, federal law enforcement officials said.

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022.

A Massachusetts man arrested last year in the FBI’s U.S. Capitol riot investigation has pleaded guilty to assaulting members of law enforcement, the Department of Justice said Monday.

A federal judge has handed down a 20-year prison sentence to a Chinese national convicted of trying to steal trade secrets from U.S.

The source of the string of threats against HBCUs in January and February of this year is one unidentified minor, according to the investigation by the FBI and Department of Justice.

Sonoma County was one of 64 places in the country that federal monitors visited Tuesday to observe activities at polling places and make sure federal voting rights laws were being followed. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The men are accused of trying to direct a U.S. government official to provide inside information about the DOJ’s probe, including about witnesses, trial evidence and potential new charges.

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s appointment of an independent arbiter to review documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.