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The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022. The number of hate crimes in the U.S. jumped again in 2021, continuing an alarming rise, according to FBI data released Monday, March 13, 2023. Most victims were targeted due to race or ethnicity, followed by sexual orientation and religion.

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New FBI data show reported hate crimes in the U.S. jumped in 2021

Nationally, the number of hate crimes reported by the FBI increased from 8,120 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021.

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A JetBlue airplane is shown at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017.

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  • Law

Consumer advocates want the DOJ to move against JetBlue-Spirit merger

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Diana Moss, president of American Antitrust Institute, about actions the Department of Justice may take to block the Spirit Airlines-JetBlue merger.

March 02, 2023
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By:
  • Destinee Adams
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia David Estes speaks outside the United Way of the Coastal Empire in downtown Savannah on Dec. 8, 2022, about federal funding for Tharros Place.

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  • Health

DOJ to help fund planned shelter in Chatham County for juvenile human trafficking victims

Opening in summer 2023, Tharros Place in Savannah will offer shelter and supportive services to girls between 11 and 17 who are child survivors of human trafficking.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
On Monday, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested by police in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government.

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  • Business

Binance was once FTX's rival and possible savior. Now it's trying not to be its sequel

Binance temporarily froze withdrawals after customers withdrew more than $1 billion worth of crypto on Tuesday, fueling fears more crypto companies could collapse.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • David Gura
Counter-protesters carrying Black Lives Matter flags walk past a group of Trump supporters at the Michigan State Capitol building in November 2020 in Lansing, Mich.

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  • National

Man who threatened Black Lives Matter supporters pleads guilty to hate crime charges

The case was investigated by the FBI, as the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division prosecuted the case. The suspect, Kenneth Pilon, will be sentenced in March 2023.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
David Ralston

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Ralston calls for unity; 1st District race; Credit card companies to track guns

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The Department of Justice has issued dozens of subpoenas. Could the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election focus on Georgia? Plus, state House Speaker Ralston says political rhetoric is too heated. Meanwhile, major credit card companies will start categorizing gun sales.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
In documents filed in court Friday, lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice listed their preferred candidates for the role of special master.

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  • Law

Justice Dept. and Trump lawyers dispute how the Mar-a-Lago special master should work

Late Friday, lawyers for former President Trump and the Department of Justice released different names for who they would want to review documents found in the court-authorized search of Trump's club.

September 12, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
The FBI photographed documents marked "Top Secret" on the floor of former President Trump's office in Mar-a-Lago, Fla. The redacted image was included in a Justice Department filing.

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  • Law

Dept. of Justice appeals special master review of classified documents seized by FBI

The Justice Department is appealing part of a judge's order that would give a special master authority to review documents the FBI collected at Mar-a-Lago last month.

September 08, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Carrie Johnson
Abortion rights activists chant slogans as the Indiana Senate debates during a special session in Indianapolis before voting to ban abortions.

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  • National

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold

A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as "trigger bans" are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.

August 23, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
drop boxes

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: 3 p.m. deadline to unseal Mar-a-Lago warrant; Election officials on SB 202 impact

Friday on Political Rewind: Attorney General Merrick Garland wants to unseal the warrant that led to an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. Plus, a special panel of guests discusses voting in Georgia, including its history of discriminatory voting rules, Senate Bill 202, the experiences of election workers and more. 

August 12, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general, testifies Thursday before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack.

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  • Politics

DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims

About a week before the Jan. 6 attack, there was an "escalation" of then-President Donald Trump's demands about election fraud allegations, a former acting deputy attorney general testified.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Protesters hold a Black Lives Matter flag as they march for Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer, in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich.

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  • National

Michigan man faces hate crime charges after threatening BLM supporters, DOJ says

The case is currently being investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is prosecuting the case.

April 29, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy C. Ward, second from right, after the March meeting of the Board of Corrections in Forsyth.

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  • News

Federal investigators are asking the court to force transparency on Georgia prisons

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to force Georgia’s Department of Corrections to comply with a wide-ranging subpoena issued as part of the agency's investigation of Georgia prison conditions. 

April 05, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
This sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt (left) and his lawyer, William Welch, in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28. A jury found Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Investigations

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

March 09, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Members of the Oath Keepers on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

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  • Law

Oath Keepers face seditious conspiracy charges. DOJ has mixed record with such cases

In the biggest Capitol riot case yet, 11 Oath Keepers stand charged of seditious conspiracy. The government faces steep challenges in proving them guilty of the hefty and rare charges.

February 01, 2022
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  • Ryan Lucas
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