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May 11, 2022

DOJ Inspector General's office says employee leaked draft report to media, then resigned during probe

The Department of Justice's Inspector General's office announced Wednesday that one of its own employees leaked a draft report to the media that included non-public information.

May 11, 2022

Vermont man charged with murdering mom at sea over inheritance money after boat sank off Rhode Island coast

Nathan Carman was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder and fraud-related offenses after his mother never returned from a 2016 fishing trip they departed on together from a Rhode Island marina.

May 11, 2022

Honduran ex-president pleads not guilty to drug, arms charges; claims he's treated like 'prisoner of war'

The former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who left office earlier this year, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court Tuesday to drug trafficking and weapons charges. Among his many alleged crimes over the past six years, he allegedly accepted a $1 million bribe from the notorious Mexican king pin “El Chapo” to look the other way regarding the cartel’s operations in Honduras.

May 10, 2022

Haitian gang leader charged in kidnapping of American missionaries

The Justice Department has charged the leader of a violent Haitian gang in connection with the kidnappings of 16 American Christian missionaries last year, officials said Tuesday.

May 10, 2022

Biden admin refusing to answer FOIA on 'domestic terrorist' parents memorandum, issues motion to dismiss

Indiana attorney general blasts Biden administration for non-compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.

May 10, 2022

Hawley demands Garland ‘investigate and prosecute’ vandal 'pro-abortion activists'

Fox News Digital exclusively obtained the Tuesday letter from Hawley to Garland calling on the attorney general to “vigorously investigate and prosecute the crimes committed in recent days,” pointing to video footage of “pro-abortion activists surrounding the homes of Supreme Court Justices in an attempt to influence” their opinion on the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

May 10, 2022

Sen. Cotton: Biden, Garland responsible for any violence committed against Supreme Court justices

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., ripped President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland for not enforcing federal law that prohibits protesting outside the home of a Supreme Court justice.

May 10, 2022

Garland says judges may consider criminal illegal immigrants' mental health when considering asylum claims

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday said that immigration judges can now consider the mental health status of an illegal immigrant convicted of an aggravated felony when considering their asylum claim or whether to withhold their deportation -- overruling a prior decision by a top immigration appeals board.

May 10, 2022

US Marine's life in the hands of Biden, Blinken in North Korea extradition fight

Christopher Ahn served his country but now supporters fear that same government will send him to his death at the hands of Kim Jong Un. They are calling on Biden and Blinken to intercede and save him.

May 9, 2022

McConnell, Grassley slam protests outside justices' homes, say lawbreakers 'must be held accountable'

Top Senate Republicans Monday called for possible prosecutions after pro-abortion protests at the homes of Supreme Court justices over the weekend.