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US President Biden outlines plans to tamp down on gun violence 'epidemic'

New measures include plans for the Justice Department to crack down on self-assembled "ghost guns," and make "stabilising braces" subject to registration under the National Firearms Act.

US contractor pleads guilty to leaking secrets to Iran-backed Hezbollah

Investigators say Mariam Taha Thompson accessed and shared with a Lebanese citizen dozens of files about human sources who had helped US kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani last year.

Biden says Justice Department looking into Georgia election law

A coalition of civil rights groups sued the state in Atlanta federal court just hours after it was signed into law, arguing that the measures are intended to make it harder for people – particularly Black voters – to cast ballots.

'Baseless': Russia says US provided no evidence of election meddling

A 15-page American intelligence report has added heft to longstanding allegations that some of Donald Trump’s top lieutenants were playing into Moscow’s hands.

United Airlines will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud case

The US Justice Department says former employees of United’s cargo division falsified parcel-delivery information allowing the airlines to collect millions of dollars in payments.

US charges North Korean hackers in $1.3B global theft scheme

The Justice Department said the hackers were responsible for a wide range of criminal activity and high-profile intrusions across South and Southeast Asia, Mexico, and Africa, including a retaliatory 2014 attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.

More than a dozen people charged over US Capitol violence

A federal prosecutor says the Washington US attorney's office does not expect to charge anyone with "incitement" or "insurrection" amid calls for legal action against President Trump, Rudy Giuliani and others for encouraging the Capitol riots.

US sues Walmart accusing retailer of helping fuel opioid crisis

US Justice Department says Walmart ignored warning signs from its pharmacists and filled thousands of invalid prescriptions.

Trump administration considers immunity for MBS in assassination plot

Riyadh has requested that the Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman be shielded from a US lawsuit accusing him of sending a death squad to kill Saad Aljabri, a former Saudi spymaster.

US won't enforce TikTok ban following court ruling

The move comes after a federal court in Pennsylvania blocked the Trump administration from carrying out the ban, which had been ordered on claims TikTok posed a national security threat.

OxyContin maker Purdue agrees to guilty plea in opioid probe

In a far-reaching plea deal, Purdue formally admitted to criminal conduct related to distribution of its painkillers and agreed to pay $225 million to resolve US Justice Department investigations.

US Justice Department says Yale racially discriminates in admissions

The department said it was prepared to file a lawsuit against Yale if the school, in Connecticut, did not take "remedial measures."