Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
Biden administration defends Trump-era Alaska oil decision
JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska’s North...
FirstEnergy fires another executive over consulting contract
CLEVELAND — A FirstEnergy senior vice president was fired Thursday for her “inaction” regarding a 2015 amendment to a “purported” consulting contract with someone...
Feds take down Medicare scams that preyed on virus fears
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against more than a dozen people from Florida to California in a series of Medicare scams...
Justice Dept. refocuses long-standing anti-violence program
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is refocusing a long-standing violent crime initiative amid a string of violence and mass shootings across the U.S. that...
Justice Dept. appeals judge’s order on Russia probe memo
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Monday that it would appeal a judge's order directing it to release a legal memo on whether President...
Carolina Tiger Rescue takes in big cats from Tiger King Park
PITTSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina big cat sanctuary will temporarily care for four animals seized from the private zoo in Oklahoma featured in...
Two BOP workers admit crimes on morning of Epstein’s death
NEW YORK — Two Bureau of Prisons guards admitted falsifying records Tuesday after financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail death in a deferred prosecution deal that...
Louisville pins hopes on Justice Dept. review of policing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the people marching in the streets for more than a year after the killing of Breonna Taylor, a wide-ranging new...
Biden won’t allow Justice Dept. to seize reporters’ records
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says he won’t allow the Department of Justice to seize journalists’ phone records and emails, calling the practice “wrong”...
Grand jury declines to indict Texas officer in killing
KILLEEN, Texas — A grand jury in Texas has declined to indict a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man who rushed...