Department of Justice
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PublishedMarch 1, 2021
Senate panel votes to advance Merrick Garland’s nomination to be attorney general
Garland, a federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, is among Biden’s most widely supported nominees.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2021
Attorney general nominee Garland says Capitol riot will be top priority
Merrick Garland told senators he will focus on prioritizing policing and civil rights as well as confronting the rise in extremist violence and domestic terror threats.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Watchdog probes whether Justice Department officials tried to alter outcome of election
The New York Times reported that a former assistant attorney general discussed a plan with then-President Trump to oust the acting attorney general, try to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race and suggest falsely that there had been widespread election fraud.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Biden introduces Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general choice
President-elect Joe Biden also describes the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as 'domestic terrorists' and assails the Republican president for inciting the siege.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
Justice Department suing Walmart, alleges company helped fuel opioid crisis
The suit alleges the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Commentary: Barr was never the villain Democrats said he was
The attorney general deserves credit for uncovering abuses by the FBI.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2020
Another View: Justice Department taking off the gloves against Big Tech
The lesson in the Google antitrust lawsuit seems to be that once a company reaches the top, it can’t keep using the aggressive tactics that helped it get there.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google
The lawsuit marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
Politics drive views of federal response to 2 different Oregon standoffs
State leaders, protesters and anti-government groups have given different reactions to the way U.S. officials have responded to chaotic protests in liberal Portland, Oregon, and a 2016 armed standoff by states' rights supporters.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2020
Trump, Barr expand surge of federal agents to Chicago, Albuquerque
The decision to dispatch federal agents to American cities is playing out at a hyper-politicized moment when Trump is trying to show he is a 'law-and-order' president and painting Democratic-led cities as out of control.
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