DOJ seeks judge's recusal in Georgia voter rolls case
The DOJ is seeking a judge's removal from Georgia voter roll case after reports link her to DA Fani Willis. CBS News has not confirmed if she's tied to recent sex scandal rumors.
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The DOJ is seeking a judge's removal from Georgia voter roll case after reports link her to DA Fani Willis. CBS News has not confirmed if she's tied to recent sex scandal rumors.
The Justice Department acknowledges it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, calling the information "partisan propaganda."
The new fund to provide payouts to those who say the legal system was "weaponized" against them raised immediate questions about its legality, implementation and enforcement.
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi introduced a bill to ban the use of federal money for paying out claims under the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization" fund.
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
Sen. Rev. Warnock is pressing the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for answers about a subpoena seeking data on thousands who helped run Georgia's 2020 election.
Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge to disqualify Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.
The acting attorney general is touting the administration's stepped-up denaturalization efforts.
County officials asked a federal judge to quash a sweeping subpoena seeking names, addresses, and contact info of thousands of election workers, arguing it's politically motivated and legally improper.
Cole Allen was charged Monday in federal court with three counts, including attempting to assassinate the president. The other two charges involved the use and transport of firearms.
Former federal prosecutors think the indictment struggles to articulate the elements of the alleged crimes in the case, a problem that could lead to its full or partial dismissal.
The NFL is being investigated for practices that allegedly harm consumers for licensing games to multiple platforms — paid streaming platforms, paid cable networks, and others, sources said.
While Epstein was on work release from a Florida jail nearly 20 years ago, he had sex in a vehicle in the prison parking lot, according to a FBI interview.
DOJ plans to turn over voter data it's collecting from states to DHS for use in immigration and criminal investigations, sources say.
The Trump administration argued that Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students, in violation of federal civil rights law.
Newly released documents from the Epstein files raise more questions about activity seen on video from the jail the night he died.
The subpoenas threatened a criminal indictment related to Jerome Powell's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025, according to the Fed chair.
A national democracy expert says Georgia became a "testing ground" for election pressure in 2020, and the lessons learned then could be used again unless communities push back.
Georgia is one of the latest states facing a lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department over a request for its voter registration lists.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Fulton County to obtain sensitive voter records from the 2020 presidential election.
Advocates for the unhoused are working to ensure they aren't pushed off the streets or out of town as the FIFA Men's World Cup comes to Atlanta.
Mayor Andre Dickens is asking city leaders to extend six Atlanta districts that allow future growth in property tax revenue to be reinvested into neighborhoods, arguing more work remains in historically underserved communities.
Environmental group Flint Riverkeeper says a Memorial Day weekend jet fuel spill from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the latest in a series of fuel releases affecting waterways downstream of the airport.
A procedural vote failed in the Senate early Friday, and a provision of the spy powers law is set to expire June 12.
Spelman College has selected a nationally recognized artificial intelligence pioneer, entrepreneur and former NASA engineer to become its next president.