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The cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Owner, operator of ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse to pay $100M in settlement with U.S.

By Lea Skene and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to meet with reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators press for IG probe of Biden-Harris administration weaponizing DOJ, FTC leaks

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., speaks during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. Virginia lawmakers gave final approval to legislation that will repeal new restrictions on a tuition waiver program for military families. Youngkin returned to Richmond on Thursday from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to sign the legislation into law. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

1,600 Virginians have voter registration revoked under program targeting noncitizens

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

Illustration on the growth of government by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden-Harris administration dodges transparency

By Chris Horner and Daniel Turner

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally at the Findlay Toyota Arena Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Elon Musk crushed by Federal agencies illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden-Harris bureaucracy nags Musk

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., speaks during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. Virginia lawmakers gave final approval to legislation that will repeal new restrictions on a tuition waiver program for military families. Youngkin returned to Richmond on Thursday from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to sign the legislation into law. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Biden administration sues Virginia over attempt to remove noncitizens from voter rolls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, center, standing with first lady Jill Biden, left, and Rabbi Aaron Alexander of the Adas Israel Congregation, participates in a memorial candle-lighting in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that left about 1,200 people dead. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

No Oct. 7 remembrance, but Justice Department does celebrate Palestinian ‘resilience’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Then-President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers' pockets because lawmakers haven't extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Feds accuse five IRS employees of COVID fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

By Eric Tucker and Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Antitrust enforcers care little about consumers

By Brandon Arnold

Department of Justice spying on Congress illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Now the feds are spying on Congress

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speaks with reporters about an antitrust lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. At left is Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and at right is Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Justice Department accuses RealPage of a scheme to help landlords hike rents in antitrust lawsuit

By Alanna Durkin Richer and R.J. Rico - Associated Press

FILE - Attorney General Eric Holder, center, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, to announce the Justice Department's civil rights division will launch a broad civil rights investigation in the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department. Joining Holder are Molly Moran, left, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division, and Ronald Davis, right, Dir. of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

How Ferguson elevated the profile of the Justice Department’s civil rights enforcers

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Mont., Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ** FILE **

Trump team to sue Justice Department over FBI’s raid for classified documents

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. A Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to using a rifle to try to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy in 2023, in Washington, D.C. Christopher Rodriguez also pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, to bombing a sculpture of communist leaders Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong in a courtyard outside a building in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Pakistani man with ties to Iran charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

FILE - Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco testifies during a hearing, April 19, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department is committed to sharing with social media companies information that it picks up about efforts by foreign governments to influence this year's elections, according to a speech being given by Monaco, Friday, August. 2, 2024. Monaco will say that though it's up to companies to decide what if any action to take, the department will continue to provide them with “actionable intelligence” so they can make decisions about foreign threats on their platforms. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Justice Dept. says it’s committed to sharing info about foreign election threats with tech companies

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Chinese communist, military writings reveal plans for strategic influence operations through TikTok

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Justice Dept. says TikTok collected U.S. user views on issues like abortion and gun control

Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone exits a federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Justice Department watchdog says no evidence Trump influenced Roger Stone’s sentencing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times