Merrick Garland vows independence as attorney general at Senate hearing
Garland's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes five years after his nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked by Republicans.
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Garland heads for DOJ confirmation hearing
Merrick Garland is set to lead the U.S. Department of Justice, if confirmed. After years of waiting, he will finally get a Senate confirmation hearing. Nikole Killion reports.
3 North Korean hackers charged
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean hackers over a wide-ranging scheme that included the attempted theft of more than $1.3 billion from banks around the world — and cyberattacks targeting the entertainment industry. Isaac Stone Fish, a CBSN contributor and Strategy Risks founder, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest developments.
Biden administration backs DeVos in lawsuit
Former Trump administration Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is involved in a lawsuit over student loans and President Biden's Department of Justice is helping her fight a subpoena. This comes as the president faces increasing pressure from his own party to take on student loan forgiveness. CBS News reporter Kate Smith joins CBSN AM with the latest.
U.S. charges North Korean hackers in $1.3 billion theft scheme
The indictment expands on the earlier case related to the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures.
Justice Department to ask dozens of U.S. attorneys to resign
Most were appointed by former President Trump. It's fairly routine for U.S. attorneys to leave their positions once a new president takes office.
DHS monitors threats ahead of Super Bowl
The Department of Homeland Security says its keeping a close eye on cyber activity in preparation for Super Bowl LV this Sunday in Tampa. Officials say security planning for the event began over a year ago and has evolved since. CBS News reporter Nicole Sganga joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the concerns and how DHS is responding.
DOJ drops admissions discrimination suit against Yale
The lawsuit accused the Ivy League school of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants.
Trump-era head of U.S. immigration courts to step down
His departure comes as the Biden administration has been replacing top government officials who shepherded major immigration restrictions.
Biden advances racial equality agenda
President Biden signed four executive actions Tuesday aimed at advancing his racial equality agenda. The measures target groups of Americans the White House said have been underserved and historically marginalized. Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization, joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
DOJ rescinds memo used to justify separations of migrant families
To this day, advocates have been struggling to locate more than 600 migrant parents. President Biden has pledged to create a task force to help locate them.
Biden orders DOJ to phase out private prison contracts
More than 14,000 federal inmates are incarcerated in private prisons.
Reports reveal Trump's plan to overturn election
New reports surfaced over the weekend surrounding former President Trump's plans to attempt to invalidate President Biden's election victory. According to the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Trump pressed the Justice Department to go directly to the Supreme Court to try to overturn the results. CBS News has also confirmed a New York Times report that the former president considered ousting then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. CBS News legal expert and analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN to discuss the significance of these reports, and what it could mean for the former president's upcoming impeachment trial.
DOJ inspector general probing whether officials tried to overturn election
The review comes after a bombshell report from the New York Times detailed a plan under which former President Donald Trump weighed firing the acting attorney general.
Trump's legal team prepares for impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has agreed to delay former President Trump's impeachment trial by two weeks. The House still plans to submit the article of impeachment on Monday, prompting the proceedings to begin. Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig joined CBSN to explain what the former president's legal team may be doing to prepare for the trial and what Democrats need to do to prove the president intended to start an insurrection.
Justice Department closes investigation into Senator Burr
Senate financial disclosure records reveal Burr and his wife made at least 30 stock sales from January 31 to February 13, 2020 ranging from $600,000 to $1.7 million.
Report: Sessions was behind family separations
A scathing report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog blames former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his aides for the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border. It also says Sessions' office didn't anticipate the logistics for handling so many separated children, which has kept some children away from their parents to this day. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about this report and the calls for the Biden-Harris administration to enact major immigration reform.
Sessions and top aides pushed for separating families despite warnings
"We need to take away children," then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions told U.S. prosecutors, according to a Justice Department report.
FBI issued warning before Capitol siege
A U.S. law enforcement official confirms to CBS News that the FBI warned of the threat of a "war" on Capitol Hill before last week's deadly attack. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the latest details.
Biden says "domestic terrorists" should be prosecuted
President-elect Joe Biden is pushing forward in an effort to fill his Cabinet ahead of Inauguration Day. The incoming president has asked the Senate to quickly approve his nominees so he can hit the ground running. His latest nominations took place just one day after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by pro-Trump rioters. The nominees include Department of Justice veteran Merrick Garland for attorney general. Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney and host of the "Talking Feds" podcast, joins CBSN to discuss the pick and what it means for the investigation into the assault on the Capitol building.
Boeing to pay $2.5 billion to settle 737 Max jet criminal charges
The settlement with the Justice Department includes money for families of victims in two crashes that killed everyone on board.
Biden denounces disparate treatment of pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol
Mr. Biden condemned Mr. Trump for inciting the violence at the U.S. Capitol during an event to announce Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general.
Biden to nominate Merrick Garland to be attorney general
Denied a confirmation hearing to be Supreme Court justice when President Obama nominated him, Garland is Biden's choice to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
Appeals court lifts delay of Lisa Montgomery's execution
A lower court judge had earlier vacated an order from the Bureau of Prisons scheduling her death for January 12.
DOJ closes Tamir Rice shooting investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against two officers in the fatal shooting death of Tamir Rice. The 12-year-old boy had been carrying a pellet gun when an officer shot him in 2014. Adriana Diaz reports.
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DOJ calls Alaska Senate allegations "troubling," asks to segregate ballots
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Judge orders DOJ to stop trying to "intimidate" California election officials
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