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News Articles: Justice Department

A Walgreens pharmacy store is seen in Deerfield, Ill., July 25, 2024.

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  • National

Walgreens to pay up to $350 million in U.S. opioid settlement

The nationwide drugstore chain must pay the government at least $300 million and will owe another $50 million if the company is sold, merged, or transferred before 2032, according to the settlement.

April 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Abigail Slater, US assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division, speaks to members of the media outside federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 21, 2025. Google will square off against the Justice Department and dozens of state attorneys general in a Washington court room over what changes the judge will order to prevent the company from monopolizing the online search market.

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  • Business

The Justice Department and Google battle over how to fix a search engine monopoly

After a federal judge ruled that Google had a monopoly on the search market, the tech giant and the government are in court to debate penalties. One possible result: forcing Google to spin off Chrome.

April 21, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
This photo, taken Sept. 11, 2023, shows various Google logos when searched on Google. If government regulators succeed in forcing Google to spin off its Chrome browser business, it's likely to unleash drastic changes designed to undermine the dominance of the Google search engine.

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  • Business

The Justice Department is about to make its case for a Google breakup. Here's what to know

Google and the Justice Department will face off in the final stage of a landmark antitrust case that could force the company to spin off its Chrome browser business.

April 20, 2025
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was indicted on four federal counts. In December, he was escorted by members of the NYPD following his extradition to New York.

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  • National

Luigi Mangione indicted in federal court in CEO killing

Mangione was indicted on two counts of stalking, one firearms offense and murder through use of a firearm — a charge that could make him eligible for the death penalty.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre
Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke at the Justice Department on Wednesday to announce that the administration is suing Maine for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports. She was accompanied by (from left) Riley Gaines, Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Maine, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

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  • Politics

Trump administration says it is suing Maine over transgender athletes in girls' sports

The DOJ says Maine is violating Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. Gov. Janet Mills has promised to "vigorously defend" the state.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14.

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  • Law

Judge demands to know if White House is helping return wrongly deported Maryland man

The hearing is the first about Abrego Garcia's case since El Salvador's president told reporters he is not going to "smuggle a terrorist into the United States."

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
An asylum seeker reacts while waiting for news on her appointment with U.S. authorities before crossing through El Chaparral port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 20, 2025.

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  • Law

Trump moves to speed up asylum cases without court hearings

The memo could result in immigration judges deciding someone is not eligible for asylum without a hearing, and based solely on a lengthy and complex asylum request form.

April 15, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a news conference in Brooklyn, New York on March 29, 2025.

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  • Law

Federal judge drops corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Adams was scheduled to go on trial in April until new leadership at the Justice Department under the Trump administration ordered prosecutors in New York in February to drop the case, sparking a public outcry and resignations of prosecutors.

April 02, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas and
  • Carrie Johnson
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.

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  • News

Justice Department instructed to dismiss legal challenge to Georgia election law

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping 2021 election law in Georgia. Republican state lawmakers passed the overhaul in the wake of President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in the state.

March 31, 2025
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  • Associated Press
The Trump administration deported hundreds of alleged members of the Tren De Aragua and Mara Salvatrucha gangs to El Salvador over the weekend.

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  • Law

Judge extends deadline for deportation flight details as DOJ continues to resist

The Justice Department is fighting not to divulge more information about flights that deported alleged gang members to El Salvador. The federal judge is giving lawyers another day to respond.

March 19, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Salvadoran guards escort alleged members of the 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha gangs who were deported from the U.S. to El Salvador.

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  • Law

Tensions mount as judge demands more answers about deportation flights

Trump administration lawyers defended the weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite a federal judge's order to turn the planes around.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
President Trump speaks at the Justice Department on Friday.

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  • Politics

Trump reclaims a Justice Department reshaped in his wake

The rare speech at the Justice Department comes as the Trump administration has spent the last several weeks trying to reconfigure the agency, including demoting attorneys who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and firing officials who investigated the president himself.

March 14, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
(From L) Political commentator Rogan O'Handley, aka DC Draino, TikToker Chaya Raichik, conservative activist Scott Presler, commentator Liz Wheeler and conservative political commentator Chad Prather carry binders containing Jeffrey Epstein files out of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Politics

What to know about the Epstein files release, from redactions to 'Rickrolling'

The Trump administration touted the release of files in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, on Thursday. But the documents contained no new revelations.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The Fulton County Jail is shown April 11, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Judge appoints monitor to oversee agreement to reform Georgia's Fulton County Jail

A federal judge has appointed a lead monitor with three decades of experience in corrections to oversee a consent decree meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Georgia's most populous county.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director, arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Senate confirms Kash Patel, fierce critic of FBI, to head the bureau

Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.

February 20, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
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