The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has voted to pursue contempt charges against a former Justice Department official.

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The Justice Department announced criminal charges Wednesday against more than a dozen people in a series of Medicare scams that exploited coronavirus fears to bill tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims.

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The U.S. Department of Justice alleges a used car dealership in Glen Burnie has a history of discriminatory practices against African Americans looking to purchase a car, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of Maryland.

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The U.S. Department of Justice filed an employment discrimination suit against Baltimore County on Tuesday, alleging the county police department uses a screening tool that disproportionately excluded African American applicants. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, claims ...

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Baltimore has a new lead community liaison for the monitoring team overseeing the federal consent decree mandating the reform of the city's police department.

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Justice Department lawyers appeared on Friday to be challenging a decision to allow a case accusing President Donald Trump of violating the U.S. Constitution to move forward.

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The Justice Department on Wednesday released an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general.

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A former recruiter of U.S. military language interpreters is accused of recruiting unqualified language interpreters for deployment alongside U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012.

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The Justice Department has launched an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of youth by Catholic clergy across the state of Pennsylvania, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Baltimore officials on Tuesday assured the federal judge overseeing the implementation of the consent decree that they still expect to name a new police commissioner by the end of the month.

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