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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced charges against members of the Sinaloa drug cartel and Chinese and Guatemalan citizens accused of supplying precursor chemicals required to make fentanyl.

The Justice Department has charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation.

The federal government has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled toxic chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced an arrest in the 2001 murder of a pregnant soldier on a military base in Germany.

A group of Iranian nationals were charged with hacking into hundreds of computers around the world, including here in the tri-state. Jonathan Dienst reports.

The three accused hackers are thought to be in Iran and have not been arrested, but the Justice Department says the charges make it “functionally impossible” for them to leave the country.

Dozens of folders seized by the FBI marked as classified were empty, leaving the question of where those documents actually are, Jonathan Dienst reports.

The U.S. government has recovered more than 300 documents marked classified from Mar-a-Lago since former President Donald Trump left office, including more than 150 retrieved by the National Archives in January, the New York Times reported, citing multiple sources who have been briefed on the matter.

Former President Donald Trump is calling for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it is launching an investigation into the New York City Police Department’s treatment of sex crime victims after receiving reports of “deficiencies…that have persisted for more than a decade,” including “shaming and abusing survivors,” federal prosecutors said. The investigation will review the department’s policies, procedures and training — including how the unit...

Former Department of Justice officials Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue testified before a House committee Thursday that then- President Donald Trump wanted the DOJ to seize voting machines.

Former Attorney General Richard Donoghue testified Thursday before the House select committee, providing meeting notes with direct quotes from former President Donald Trump on his scheme to overturn the 2020 election. “Just say the election was corrupt, and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., spoke Thursday at a hearing on the U.S. Capitol Riot to detail former President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the Department of Justice to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. “Their only hope would be a last-ditch scheme to prevent Congress from certifying the win, thus throwing the entire system into constitutional chaos.”

The Justice Department said on Sunday that it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The review is being conducted at the request of Uvalde’s mayor, according to officials

Nineteen people, including the actor who played the Red Power Ranger on television, are facing federal charges after being accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Department of Justice says.

NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that it would be appealing a ruling which lifted the travel face mask mandate, after the CDC determined masks continue to be necessary for the public good.

Heather Morgan’s social media accounts have become as much of a spectacle as her alleged heist.

Delta Air Lines has told the U.S. Department of Justice that any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be put on the national “no fly” list.

The Department of Justice is suing Texas over new redistricting maps approved by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott this fall, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations.