Justice Department

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced his intention to reconstruct and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, as a functioning maximum-security facility for “America's most ruthless and violent offenders.”  What To Know: Trump described...

The Justice Department is reportedly in crisis following a wave of resignations and intense pressure from Trump-appointed officials to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D). The situation escalated on Friday when the department filed a motion to dismiss the case, a...

U.S. authorities are reportedly investigating Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link as a possible threat to national security after multiple cyberattacks have been linked to the company's popular routers. What To Know: TP-Link is the top seller of routers on Amazon and holds about 65% of the U.S....

The plea agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) regarding the company’s involvement in two fatal 737 Max jetliner crashes has been dismissed by a federal court. The rejection was due to the proposed monitor provision, which has sparked a debate on the...

UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) shares are trading lower Tuesday. The U.S. Justice Department is moving to block the company’s multi-billion acquisition of Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ:AMED). What To Know: The Justice Department has sued to block UnitedHealth’s $3.3 billion purchase of...

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election win is already having an impact on his pending court cases: a federal judge paused a 2020 election interference prosecution from Special Counsel Jack Smith Friday. What Happened: Trump's defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential...

The Justice Department has issued a warning to Elon Musk-founded political action committee (PAC), America PAC, over its cash giveaways to registered voters. What Happened: The Justice Department expressed concerns that the PAC’s cash incentives to registered voters who sign a petition could...

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) announced the termination of a deal Monday to acquire Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVE) for $3.8 billion, following a decisive legal blockade by the Department of Justice. This decision follows the blockage of the transaction by the U.S. District Court...

Several of America’s largest veterans organizations have rallied behind the push for the Biden administration to swiftly lower federal restrictions on cannabis. This call to action, embodied in a letter to the Department of Justice, comes after the Department of Health and Human Services...

Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. State Department official, has been charged by the Justice Department for allegedly serving clandestinely as an agent for the Cuban government. What Happened: The allegations claim that Rocha, a Miami resident, covertly aided Cuba in its intelligence-gathering...

The High Court in Podgorica, Montenegro, approved the extradition of Do Kown, the co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs (CRYPTO: LUNA), marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing legal proceedings against the crypto entrepreneur. The court's ruling came in response to a...

The Justice Department publicly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to “sanitize his conduct” in relation to the Capitol riots on Jan. 6. What Happened: The department called on the presiding judge to reject various motions aimed at dismissing the case...

In the ongoing antitrust trial, an economist’s testimony has stated that Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google faces competition for online search queries from a range of online entities beyond just common search engines. What Happened: Mark...

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOG)-owned Google’s senior executive, Prabhakar Raghavan, has expressed concerns over user loss to Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and ByteDance-owned TikTok, saying that it keeps him awake at night, during his testimony...

The U.S. Justice Department has challenged a request by former President Donald Trump seeking dismissal of the federal election interference case against him. As reported by NPR, assistant Special Counsel James Pearce argued that Trump, like all citizens, “...