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Judge dismisses govāt antitrust lawsuits against Facebook
A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general, dealing a significant blow to attempts by...
Justice Department plans to sue Georgia over voting laws
The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's voting laws, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
Judge tosses most claims over clearing protesters in DC park
A federal judge has dismissed a majority of the claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil rights of protesters who...
AP FACT CHECK: Vladimir Putinās errant claims on cyberattacks, Jan. 6 insurrection
Russian President Vladimir Putin contradicted the evidence Wednesday when he asserted Russians are not a leading source of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries. They are.
Emails show Donald Trump pressured Justice Department over 2020 election
During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread 2020 election fraud, despite his former attorney general...
Prison break: 29 inmates escape federal lockups in 18 months — including in Colorado
Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S. — and nearly half still have not been caught. At some of the institutions, doors...
Congress, Justice Department probing Trump seizures of House Democrats’ phone data
The Justice Department's internal watchdog launched an investigation Friday after revelations that former President Donald Trump's administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats as part of...
Fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks indoors in most settings, CDC says
In a striking move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday moved to ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated...
Hearing on Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol violence exposes stark partisan divisions
Republicans sought to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection during a rancorous congressional hearing Wednesday, painting the Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol as patriots harassed by law...
4 former Minneapolis cops indicted on U.S. civil rights charges in George Floyd death
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as...