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Judge dismisses gov鈥檛 antitrust lawsuits against Facebook

June 28, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.

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

June 25, 2021 at 9:51 a.m.

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

June 21, 2021 at 9:10 p.m.

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...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during ...

AP FACT CHECK: Vladimir Putin鈥檚 errant claims on cyberattacks, Jan. 6 insurrection

June 17, 2021 at 7:19 a.m.

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

June 15, 2021 at 9:36 a.m.

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...

FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S. – and nearly half still have not been caught. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Prison break: 29 inmates escape federal lockups in 18 months — including in Colorado

June 11, 2021 at 5:58 p.m.

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...

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Congress, Justice Department probing Trump seizures of House Democrats’ phone data

June 11, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.

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...

Executive Chef, Justin Marghiem (right), prepares ...

Fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks indoors in most settings, CDC says

May 13, 2021 at 1:33 p.m.

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...

Christopher Miller, former acting secretary of ...

Hearing on Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol violence exposes stark partisan divisions

May 12, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.

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

May 7, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

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...

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