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June 30, 2021

Immigration judges union moves toward regaining authority

The U.S. Justice Department has dropped its opposition to reviving a union for immigration judges that had been stripped of authority during the final months of the Trump administration.

June 29, 2021

MSNBC legal analyst praises Attorney General Garland for personally scooping ice cream for DOJ employees

MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Alene praised Attorney General Merrick Garland for personally scooping ice cream to employees of the Justice Department to show his appreciation.

June 29, 2021

Sen. Cotton argues Biden's picks of Clarke, Gupta to lead DOJ reveals his support of decreasing police funding

Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., argued that President Biden’s picks for two of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) top positions illustrate the president’s stance on defunding the police.

June 29, 2021

Georgia secretary of state calls DOJ voting lawsuit a 'political stunt,' says state will 'prevail' in court

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the Biden administration is using the state as a “whooping post,” calling the Justice Department’s lawsuit against its new voting law a “political stunt” and expressing confidence that the measure will “prevail” in court.

June 29, 2021

Derek Chauvin closing in on plea deal on federal civil rights charges: report

Derek Chauvin -- the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in April of murder and manslaughter for the death of George Floyd -- is reportedly nearing a plea deal on federal civil rights charges that would allow him to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison.

June 28, 2021

Georgia AG Carr responds to Biden lawsuit: Americans should be concerned about 'weaponized' DOJ

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr slammed the lawsuit filed by the Biden administration's Department of Justice against the state's new election law on Monday, calling it “blatantly political.”

June 26, 2021

Arizona AG backs Georgia in face of ‘absurdly partisan’ DOJ lawsuit over election law

FIRST ON FOX: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has written to his counterpart in Georgia, backing the state over what he described as an "absurdly partisan" lawsuit from the Department of Justice over the state’s election integrity laws.

June 26, 2021

Biden DOJ lawsuit over Georgia election law may backfire, legal scholar Jonathan Turley says

On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgia over their passing of a law to ensure election integrity and security.

June 25, 2021

Georgia AG: DOJ lawsuit against new election law is a 'campaign flier' and 'blatantly political'

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr defended his state's new voting rights law on "Tucker Carlson Tonight," pointing to what he called the politicization of the Justice Department under U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.

June 25, 2021

Georgia officials fire back at DOJ's 'blatantly political' lawsuit against the state's election law

Georgia's top elected officials are slamming the Department of Justice's decision to sue the state over its new Election Integrity Act, saying that it's a blatantly political lawsuit.