Tag Archives: DOJ

Jimmy Williams Several Republican-led states are pushing back against federal election monitoring, raising tensions just days before a tight presidential election between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Florida, Texas, and Missouri are all resisting the Department of Justice’s long-standing practice of monitoring polling sites to ensure …

Jimmy Williams The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a warning to Elon Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, over its controversial $1 million daily giveaway in key battleground states. The DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, which handles election-related cases, has raised concerns that the super PAC’s initiative could violate federal election …

Jimmy Williams The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Alabama and its Secretary of State, Wes Allen, on Friday, alleging that the state’s effort to remove voters from its rolls was taking place too close to the Nov. 5 general election in violation of federal law. Under …

Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border — unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law. The new law, known as Senate …

Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the abortion pill should remain on the market after two lower courts issued differing opinions about its use. The case, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will …

Noah Alcala Bach, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it is suing Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott after the state declined to remove the floating barrier deployed earlier this month on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. The lawsuit, filed in an Austin federal court, alleges the …

Rebecca Schneid, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Justice Department has threatened legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott over the 1,000-foot floating barrier that the state deployed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass earlier this month. “We write to inform you … that the United States intends to file legal …

Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight The federal government on Monday asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to place on hold a Texas judge’s ruling that would otherwise overturn U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the abortion pill. The Department of Justice’s request for an administrative stay asks the …

The Biden administration on Friday took its latest step to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the disaster continuing to unfold in East Palestine, Ohio and the surrounding area, filing a lawsuit against the rail company for sending toxic chemicals into the environment. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the …

The U.S. government is suing Rite Aid, alleging that the pharmacy chain missed “obvious red flags” and illegally filled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances, including opioids. The Justice Department complaint states that from 2014 to 2019, Rite Aid pharmacists knowingly filled prescriptions that were “medically unnecessary,” prescribed …

On Tuesday, the Justice Department, along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia, filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint …

Ashley Murray, Arizona Mirror Department of Justice officials had “unprecedented access” to every room in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home Friday during a search that followed several days of disclosures that classified material from the Obama era had been found in Biden’s garage and think tank office, White House officials …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams The Biden administration on Thursday filed suit against one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors, AmerisourceBergen, and two of its subsidiaries for allegedly violating federal law and contributing to the opioid epidemic. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the complaint …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Amid mounting fears of voter intimidation and political violence on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, federal officials on Monday announced plans to monitor polls in 64 communities across two dozen states. “Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights …

Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced federal charges against the man who allegedly broke into U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her 82-year-old husband with a hammer. If convicted, David DePape could receive up to 50 years in prison. The …