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President Donald Trump has refused to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, claiming without evidence he won the election and was the victim of ballot fraud.

A Justice Department investigation found that federal prosecutors who oversaw a controversial non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 exercised “poor judgment” but did not break the law, Sen. Ben Sasse said Thursday.

Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis

The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers

A Maryland man faces federal charges for threatening former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris in a letter he left outside a home with Biden/Harris signs in the yard, prosecutors say.  James Dale Reed, 42, of Frederick, was charged with threatening the Democratic candidates, the Justice Department said Wednesday. He was allegedly caught on a doorbell camera...

The cities of Oakland and Portland, Oregon have sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, alleging that the agencies are overstepping constitutional limits in their use of federal law enforcement officers to tamp down on protests

The Justice Department unsealed charges Wednesday against two ISIS militants from Britain, accusing them of carrying out a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against Western hostages they had captured in Syria, including four Americans.

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is pushing back against criticism from one of the top prosecutors on the Russia investigation team that the team was not as aggressive as it should have been in probing connections between the Trump campaign and Russia

The Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust action against Google in coming weeks, focusing on its dominance in online search and whether it was used to stifle competition and hurt consumers, a person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press.

The Justice Department inspector general’s office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, President Donald Trump’s longtime friend, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

An American consultant pleaded guilty Monday in an illicit lobbying effort to get the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund, and to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the U.S.

The Justice Department sent letters to governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states seeking data on whether they violated federal law by ordering public nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals.

A businesswoman and consultant has been charged in a covert effort to lobby the Trump administration to drop an investigation into funds pilfered from a Malaysian wealth fund, and to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the United States.

The Justice Department says that it has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant organizations abroad including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group relied on to finance their organizations and violent plots.

Tensions between the world’s two largest economies ratcheted up Friday as China ordered the U.S. consulate in Chengdu to close. The move comes after the U.S. ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston this week.

China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades.

Two government watchdogs say they have opened investigations into the conduct of federal agents responding to unrest in Portland, Oregon, following abuse of power allegations by members of Congress, local officials and the public

The Justice Department says hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing coronavirus vaccines and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies worldwide

A federal prosecutor says an ally of President Donald Trump was given special treatment by the Justice Department

A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, turning back efforts by a judge to scrutinize the Justice Department’s extraordinary decision to drop the prosecution.