Department Of Justice Sues New Jersey Over So-Called Sanctuary City Policies
Attorney General William Barr announced the lawsuit Monday, saying law enforcement officers are being "put in harm's way by these ideologically driven policies."
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Attorney General William Barr announced the lawsuit Monday, saying law enforcement officers are being "put in harm's way by these ideologically driven policies."
The Department of Justice says Alexei Saab of Morristown was allegedly trained by the terror organization in bomb-making and intelligence-gathering which he used to scout potential targets
Tomorrow marks five years since Garner's death. It's also the deadline for the U.S. Department of Justice to make its decision.
Visiting hours were supposed to resume Monday, but were cancelled while authorities investigate a credible bomb threat.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched the first federal investigation into child sex abuse within the Catholic church, subpoenaing diocese across New York and Pennsylvania.
The meeting will take place just days after the indictment of Russian officials accused of meddling in the 2016 election.
The indictments were announced as part of the special counsel probe into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The City of Chicago filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Monday, challenging rules that would make it impossible for sanctuary cities like Chicago to receive some federal grants.
The Justice Department is arguing that federal civil rights law does not protect gays, and one local attorney feels it is a political argument rather than a legal one.
The family of the slain man, Eric Garner, emerged from a private meeting Wednesday with Justice Department officials saying they had been told that the investigation was still active.
Sally Yates, a top Justice Department official in the Obama administration, is set to testify Monday about President Donald Trump's dismissed national security adviser.
The request comes just hours after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he had ordered a sweeping review of the Justice Department's interactions with local law enforcement, including such court-enforceable improvement plans with troubled police agencies.
Personnel will be sent to 67 jurisdictions, including several in the Tri-State area, to watch for potential civil rights violations, the department said.
With an impasse in the case, the New York Times reports that the Justice Department has replaced the New York team of agents and lawyers with a new team from out of town.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday said it will continue to try to force Apple to reveal a phone's data in a New York drug case.
The settlement agreement unveiled Wednesday will require Newark police to implement a more community-focused police model, revise policies and training on stops and searches and revise use-of-force policies.
The Justice Department asked a court on Monday to reverse a decision that said Apple Inc. wasn't required to pry open a locked iPhone.
Mayor De Blasio insists many homeless people who are removed from encampments are now receiving help from the city.
The Justice Department pushed back Monday against efforts by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to dismiss the corruption indictment against him.
Neither of the two emails sent to Hillary Rodham Clinton now labeled by intelligence agencies as ``top secret'' contained information that would jump out to experts as particularly sensitive, several government officials said Friday.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has directed her staff to turn over her private email server to the Department of Justice, the spokesman for Clinton's presidential campaign told CBS News Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Justice formally dropped its criminal prosecution of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's career home run leader.
The Obama administration is looking into possible coordination among airlines to artificially keep airfares high.
Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday as demonstrators gathered after the city's police chief resigned in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report.
Attorney General Eric Holder has approved prosecutors' request to move forward with the charges, CBS News reported.
