The United States Justice Department, on Friday (April 14), charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, which includes sons of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, with running a fentanyl trafficking operation, said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

US charges El Chapo sons, Chinese businessmen amid crackdown on fentanyl network

The US Justice Department has alleged that Alphabet Inc's Google has destroyed internal corporate communications, thereby destroying important evidence in the antitrust lawsuit filed against the company by the United States.

US Justice Department accuses Google of destroying evidence in antitrust case

Authorities on Friday (March 3) arrested two Kansas men for illegally exporting technology to Russia. According to a statement issued by the US Department of Justice, the men were arrested on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent American export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.

US: Two Kansas men arrested for illegally exporting technology to Russia amid Ukraine war

After years of law enforcement policy it disproportionately treating crack offenders more punitively. The US Justice Department has finally moved to end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offences.

US orders end to cocaine sentencing disparities; justice dept aims to reverse decades old policy

A judge in California has sentenced Sherri Papini to 18 months in prison for faking her own abduction in 2016. According to the US Justice Department, the 40-year-old's hoax was exposed due to the advancement in technology.

California judge sentences Sherri Papini to 18 months in prison for faking her own abduction

The US justice jepartment told a federal judge that Google is paying billions of dollars annually to illegally remain the top search engine. Describing the payments as “enormous numbers,” Department of Justice attorney Kenneth Dintzer said telecom giants and companies being paid include Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co.

US justice department accuses Google of paying billions annually to illegally remain top search engine

In a court filing on Tuesday, the Justice Department in the United States said that the documents at former president Donald Trump's Florida home were "likely concealed" to obstruct the ongoing investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

US: Justice Department says documents at Trump's home 'likely concealed' to obstruct FBI probe

What may come next in inquiry with Trump's legal peril?

The Justice Department has told the federal magistrate judge who approved last week's search of former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, home and office that releasing a copy of the sworn statement prosecutors used to apply for a search warrant would jeopardise multiple ongoing investigations and could harm national security.

US justice department opposes release of Donald Trump search affidavit

Saudi-born Canadian jihadist Mohammed Khalifa, who had confessed to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation, was sentenced to life in prison in the United States.

US sentences Islamic State's Saudi-born Canadian terrorist to life imprisonment

In connection to the January 6 Capitol Hill riots, the US Justice Department on Wednesday obtained a new warrant to search the phone of John Eastman, Donald Trump's lawyer.

US Justice Department gets a fresh warrant to search Trump lawyer's phone

Amid crackdown on Russian oligarchs, the US government ordered the seizure of two aircraft owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. The US justice department said the two aircraft - Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Gulfstream G650ER - violated US export controls.

US government orders seizure of aircraft owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

The US Justice Department has said that the wife of a nuclear engineer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to sell US naval secrets to a foreign country. Diana Toebbe entered the plea in federal court in Martinsburg to one count of conspiracy to communicate restricted data.

United States: Nuclear engineer's wife pleads guilty in nuclear submarine secrets plot

A man in Texas has been imprisoned for nine years for using his coronavirus relief funds for purchasing a Lamborghini car and a Rolex watch. According to the US Justice Department, Lee Price III had acquired $1.

Texas: Man uses COVID-19 relief funds to buy Lamborghini, Rolex; imprisoned for 9 years

In the ongoing fight over reproductive rights in the United States, now President Joe Biden's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to strike down a Texas abortion law.

Texas abortion law 'perpetuates the ongoing irreparable harm', US Justice dept asks SC to strike it down

Calling abortion law in Texas ''clearly unconstitutional,'' the US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state. "This kind of scheme to nullify the Constitution of the United States is one that all Americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear," US attorney general Merrick Garland told the reporters.

'Clearly unconstitutional': US Justice Department sues Texas over restrictive abortion law

The US Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”

US Justice Department sues Texas over state's new abortion law

The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts of some of the most prominent federal prosecutors' offices around the country last year, the Justice Department said Friday.

US Justice Department: Federal prosecutors also targeted by Russian SolarWinds cyber espionage

Former US President Donald Trump pressured the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, according to internal documents released by the chair of the House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee on Friday.

Former US President Donald Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'

The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a probe into the police practices in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer was convicted of all three charges in relation to the murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after the officer knelt on his neck.

US Justice Department to probe police practices in Minneapolis after George Floyd verdict

The Justice Department continued building cases Wednesday against people accused of storming the Capitol, arresting a leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys and charging two men with conspiracy in an effort to block certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in the election.

Justice Department unveils further charges in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has embarked on an eleventh-hour bid to undo some civil rights protections for minority groups, women, people with disabilities and LGBT people, according to a draft document, in a change that would mark one of the most significant shifts in civil rights enforcement in generations.

Justice dept seeks to pare back civil rights protections for minorities

Since President Donald Trump took office, the Justice Department has been under sustained attack as he questioned whether the lawyers and investigators who serve the country were loyalists who supported his personal agenda or traitors who should be rooted out and fired.

Under Biden, justice dept. lawyers seek a shield from partisan battles

A former Trump fundraiser and a prominent lawyer have been scrutinised by the US Justice Department for their respective roles in what is being described as a possible bribery scheme to win a presidential pardon for a convicted felon.

Roles of Kushner's lawyer, Trump fundraiser scrutinised in pardon bribery scheme probe

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