Justice Department

House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday it will open an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat who was ...

Two ex-FBI officials who traded anti-Trump texts close to settlement over alleged privacy violations

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to resolve claims that their privacy ...

The Biden administration is targeting corporate giants in a ‘deliberate’ antitrust push

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Amanda Smith

Joe Biden’s administration is going after big corporations with antitrust lawsuits. It’s an aggressive approach that makes Biden stand out compared to ...

GOP lawmakers conflate standard FBI policies with an assassination attempt on Trump

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Amanda Smith

Congressional allies of Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to misconstrue standard operating procedure at the FBI with what they called an attempt ...

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

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Amanda Smith

In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual ...

Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan

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Amanda Smith

By Gram Slattery, Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of Donald Trump‘s allies are assembling proposals to curtail ...

Justice Department takes ‘major step’ toward rescheduling marijuana

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took a significant step toward rescheduling marijuana Thursday, formalizing its process to reclassify the drug as lower-risk ...

GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump

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Amanda Smith

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, argued that President Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump after the Justice Department brought indictments against the ...

Jim Jordan accuses New York hush money prosecutor of Trump ‘obsession’

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Amanda Smith

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is demanding documents from the New York attorney general related to the hiring of a lead ...

Maddow Blog | Does Rick Scott really want to relitigate his Medicare scandal?

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Amanda Smith

The Senate was in session yesterday, though Sen. Rick Scott missed some of the proceedings on Capitol Hill. It wasn’t because of ...