Tag: Justice
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How a Trump Justice Department could shift legal positions at the Supreme Court
When the Supreme Court convenes for arguments in December, the justices will hear from the top lawyer for the Biden administration, who will urge them to strike down laws in nearly half the states that ban hormone treatments for transgender minors. In January, President-elect Donald Trump’s new lawyers at the Justice Department will have to…
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Justice Department targets Google’s search engine monopoly
Justice Department targets Google’s search engine monopoly – CBS News Watch CBS News The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a motion calling for Google to sell its Chrome search engine, arguing in court documents that “the playing field is not level.” The Justice Department is also recommending dissolving any contracts in which Google is…
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Justice Department calls for break up of Google and sale of Chrome
U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls…
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What Trump’s reelection means for the Justice Department
What Trump’s reelection means for the Justice Department – CBS News Watch CBS News Donald Trump on the campaign trail repeatedly accused Democrats of using the U.S. Justice Department to indict him for several crimes. So what exactly does this baseless claim signal about how the president-elect will seek to reshape the DOJ? Hugo Lowell,…
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U.S. Justice Department demands records from Sheriff after killing of Sonya Massey
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the July shooting death of Sonya Massey — an Illinois woman who was killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy — as it investigates how local authorities treat Black residents and people with behavioral disabilities. The government made a list of demands…
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Special counsel Jack Smith plans to have left Justice Department by the time Trump takes office
Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to have departed the Justice Department by the time President-elect Donald Trump takes office in late January, two sources familiar with his plans told CBS News, as he and his team make plans to wind down the two federal prosecutions against the incoming president. By leaving before…
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Does Putin’s deadly reach extend to the U.S.? One Justice Department official fears it might
Dozens of Vladimir Putin’s enemies have suffered mysterious deaths in Russia and Europe and Matt Olsen, head of the National Security Division at the Justice Department, is concerned Russia’s reach could extend into the U.S. There have been falls from windows, poisonings and unsolved shootings outside the U.S., among other suspicious deaths. Inside the U.S.,…
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White supremacist planned to blow up Nashville power station with explosives-laden drone, Justice Department says
A Tennessee man with ties to white nationalist groups has been arrested after federal prosecutors say he tried to use what he thought was a drone packed with explosives to destroy a power station in Nashville, the Justice Department said Monday. Skyler Philippi, 24, was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and…