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(Headline USA) The state of New Mexico sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, saying the federal government blocked the state's ability to investigate the sex crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein at a ranch there. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C.,...

(Headline USA) A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course after appearing to monitor security preparations two days ahead of Trump’s fundraiser there, authorities said Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38,...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former FBI supervisory special agent has been arrested after admitting to the theft of roughly $1 million worth of cryptocurrency, according to court records. A criminal complaint filed Saturday says that the former agent, Patrick Yaroch, admitted to his crimes to another Justice Department employee...

(Headline USA) The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appearance Monday in state court where he faces similar charges. The state case against Vance Boelter had been on hold pending...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI wants roughly 158 years to produce nearly 1 million records from a secret room in the bureau’s headquarters, according to the transparency group Judicial Watch, which is suing for the records. The secret room at FBI headquarters was revealed by FBI Director Kashyap Patel and then-Deputy...

(Headline USA) The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Thursday floated temporarily pulling Todd Blanche's nomination to the attorney general post while a U.S. Senate committee struggles to advance him. The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a vote on Blanche's nomination Thursday morning. However, Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas,...

(Headline USA) A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to life in prison without...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to vacate the $88.3 million judgment awarded to E. Jean Carroll, the woman who accused the president of sexual abuse. In a petition for a writ of certiorari, Trump's attorneys asked the justices...

(Headline USA) A man was sentenced Wednesday to six months and a week behind bars for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters, the Jewish institution in New York where his lawyer said he'd been trying to win acceptance as he struggled with psychological issues. Dan Sohail, 36,...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Senate narrowly approved Walter “Jay” Clayton as the next Director of National Intelligence, where he will oversee the 18 federal agencies making up the U.S. Intelligence Community. The partisan 51-47 vote highlighted Democrats’ growing distrust of the U.S. Attorney. Clayton’s responses to lawmakers during...

(Headline USA) Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020. About three hours of audio and 117 pages of transcripts...