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Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police in a raid on an apartment where she was sleeping.The charges against defendants Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany, Kelly Goodlett and Brett Hankison include various civil rights violations, conspiracy, use of force offenses and obstruction. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the civil rights offenses stem from three officers' alleged falsification of the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant that authorized the raid — which mistakenly targeted Taylor's apartment.«The federal charges announced today allege that members of the place-based investigations unit falsified the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant of Ms.

NBC News feted Pete Williams with a send off at Cosmos Club in Washington as the longtime Supreme Court and Justice Department correspondent prepares to retire at the end of the month.

In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and elsewhere, gun reform continues to be a constant point of debate in the U.S., many are now advocating for red flag laws. But, in an interview with NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland admitted that flagging signs of violence can be a bit hard for the DOJ.Though the interview was largely about the ongoing investigations into former president Donald Trump and others surrounding the events of Jan.

Planned Parenthood has referred to as “fake clinics,” which encourage women not to have abortions. In May, after the draft of the SCOTUS decision was leaked, Fox News reported that five such “pro-life centers” had been targeted by vandals who spray painted messages including “fake clinic,” “not a clinic” and “abortion is a right.”Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood, which has historically offered a range of medical services for women, including abortion, and other reproductive healthcare providers, have been met with actual violence, including fatal shootings, arson, and calling in death and bomb threats, the U.S.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attacked the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling overturning Roe V Wade.

Jamie Foxx has joined the chorus of people sharing their grief over the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, New York on Saturday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for Covid and is experiencing “only mild symptoms,” the State Department announced.

ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid, just days after attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a source confirmed.

Comedian and host Bill Maher urges the attorney general to put Jan. 6 insurrectionists in jail before the midterms.In Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO, the host spoke with former Sen. Doug Jones and MSNBC host Ali Velshi about the glacial pace of the investigations into the Jan.

When the White House Correspondents’ Association hosts its first dinner in two years on April 30, it’ll be matched by the return of another D.C. tradition: pre- and post- event receptions, dinners and brunches that have made for a weekend of socializing and schmoozing.

Anderson Cooper missed his CNN program tonight after saying on social media that he has tested positive for Covid.

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, is canceling all public events for the remainder of the week after an announcement today that he has contracted Covid-19.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is the latest attendee of last week’s Gridiron Dinner to test positive for Covid-19, in what may be an outbreak at a D.C. A-list gathering that draws cabinet members, media personalities and Capitol Hill lawmakers.

The events commemorating the January 6th attack on the Capitol will begin on Thursday with a speech by President Joe Biden, who will say that the “way forward is to recognize the truth and live by it.”

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Biden administration made a statement earlier this month when the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the $2.1 billion sale of Simon & Schuster.Merrick Garland’s body block of the deal that ViacomCBS struck with Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House sends the message that the White House is paying attention to the pace of consolidation in media and entertainment.

The Justice Department sued to block Penguin Random House’s proposed merger with Simon & Schuster, arguing that the transaction would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough unloaded on Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz Thursday after playing clips of their questioning of Attorney General Merrick Garland from Wednesday.

Steve Bannon faces a potential criminal charge of criminal contempt of Congress after the House of Representatives voted to refer the matter to the Justice Department.

according to the Associated Press, outlined the exceptions to the new policy.

The Justice Department formally announced new rules designed to greatly limit prosecutors ability to obtain phone and email records of journalists.

Representatives from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post met with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to talk about new rules designed to limit prosecutors from subpoenaing journalists’ records in an effort to find their sources.

On the day after the guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department would conduct a civil investigation of the city’s police department.

Roughly five years after he was nominated by former President Barack Obama to fill the Supreme Court seat once held by Antonin Scalia, Merrick Garland finally got a Senate confirmation hearing and came out with a new job!  On Mar. 10, the U.S.

Merrick Garland was confirmed as the next attorney general in a 70-30 vote on Wednesday, filling a key position of Joe Biden’s administration that will hold sway over issues such as copyright and antitrust enforcement.

Roughly five years after he was nominated by former President Barack Obama to fill the Supreme Court seat once held by Atontin Scalia, Merrick Garland is finally getting his Senate confirmation hearing. Today, February 22, marks the first of a two-day process in which Garland will be questioned by members of Senate regarding the office and the responsibilities of the attorney general, the cabinet appointment Garland was nominated to by President Joe Biden.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of several contenders under consideration by President-elect Joe Biden for the role of attorney general, a person with knowledge of the search process said Friday.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, says that he will hold a vote on President Trump‘s nominee to fill the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s seat on the Supreme Court.