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President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces ...

Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over “tax affairs”

December 9, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that his 鈥渢ax affairs鈥� are under federal investigation, putting a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father's...

Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense, AP sources say

December 7, 2020 at 6:28 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate,...

Trump ratchets up pace of executions in final days of presidency

December 7, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

As Donald Trump’s presidency winds down, his administration is ratcheting up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of coronavirus cases in prisons, announcing plans for five starting Thursday...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra ...

Biden picks Calif. AG Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response

December 6, 2020 at 5:56 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his...

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. Even before Barr issued a memo that authorized federal prosecutors across the country to investigate “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities if they exist, the Justice Department had already begun looking into two specific allegations.

Barr: No evidence of fraud that鈥檇 change election outcome

December 1, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

New rule could allow gas, firing squads for U.S. executions

November 27, 2020 at 3:12 p.m.

The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way to use other methods...

Military voters fear they鈥檙e part of unsupported fraud claim

November 13, 2020 at 9:02 a.m.

Even before Attorney General William Barr issued a memo that authorized federal prosecutors across the country to investigate “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities if they exist, the Justice Department had...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges

October 21, 2020 at 3:03 p.m.

Drugmaker Purdue Pharma, the company behind the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to federal criminal charges as part of...

Protest arrests show regular Americans, not urban antifa

October 20, 2020 at 7:28 a.m.

President Donald Trump portrays the hundreds of people arrested nationwide in protests against racial injustice as violent urban left-wing radicals. But an Associated Press review of thousands of pages of...

Justice Department to file landmark antitrust case against Google

October 20, 2020 at 7:31 a.m.

The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar...

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