MERRICK GARLAND

Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio renewed demand that their committee be briefed on classified documents found at Trump and Biden residences, and expanded request to include documents found in former Vice President Pence's possession.

Democrats in the House of Representatives changed the rules in the last two years. Now they are going to have to face the consequences of all the changes they made.

Biden’s lawyers said last month that they had discovered no classified documents at Biden’s Rehoboth home after conducting a search.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pro-Russian hacking group is claiming responsibility for cyberattacks on several hospitals in the United States. READ: Treasury to increase borrowing amid debt ceiling standoffU.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says they’ve seen how cyber attacks on medical facilities can be very disruptive. “The Hive ransomware attack was able to prevent the hospital from accepting new patients,” Garland explained. Today, #FBI Director Christopher Wray announced the disruption of the Hive ransomware group. @FBITampa pic.twitter.com/urHtWNlJVx — FBI (@FBI) January 26, 2023READ: Tyre Nichols death: 6th Memphis police officer relieved of dutyIn 2022, healthcare organizations reported seeing a 90-percent increase in cyber attacks.

An investigation in Georgia looking into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat is among a number of cases that pose legal problems for the former president.

The discovery of classified documents in Biden's garage will make it harder for special prosecutor Jack Smith to indict former President Trump for keeping documents at Mar-a-Lago.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that body camera footage of the beating of Tyre Nichols by police in Memphis, Tenn., left him horrified. “I have seen the video myself and I will tell you, I was appalled,” Wray told reporters at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Last week, the Justice Department launched a separate federal civil rights investigation into the matter. Garland and Wray joined President Biden and the Nichols family in urging would-be protesters to be peaceful. They failed our community, and they failed the Nichols family.

The Justice Department has charged three men in an alleged plot that originated in Iran to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses.

Department of Justice announces Iran assassination plot against U.S. journalist after three Eastern European criminals indicted in New York.

A journalist in Brooklyn, New York, was the target of a murder plot directed by individuals in Iran, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has "multiple options" for handling the investigation into former Vice President Mike Pence’s improper retention of classified records.

Sources told CBS News that the classified documents found at Pence's residence included briefings from foreign trips.

“Simply put, using lawful means we hacked the hackers,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference. Officials said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, operates one of the world's top five ransomware networks. A U.S. government advisory last year said Hive ransomware actors victimized over 1,300 companies worldwide from June 2021 through November 2022, receiving approximately $100 million in ransom payments. It said criminals using Hive ransomware targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure, including government, manufacturing and especially health care and public health facilities. It did so in the case of a major 2021 ransomware attack on Kaseya, a company whose software runs hundreds of websites.

The FBI spent months spying on the ransomware group Hive and secretly helped victims before shutting the entire operation down.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the group — called Hive — hacked and demanded ransom from hospitals, school districts, financial firms and other entities.

The ransomware group demanded over $130 million from over 1,500 victims in 80 countries.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials say the FBI and international partners have at least temporarily disrupted the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year.

The FBI and international partners have at least temporarily dismantled the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year, saving victims including hospitals and school districts a potential $130 million in ransom payments, Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials announced Thursday. Officials said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, operates one of the world's top five ransomware networks and has heavily targeted hospitals and other health care providers. The FBI quietly gained access to its control panel in July and was able to obtain software keys to decrypt the network of some 1,300 victims globally, said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The Justice Department and several states filed suit Tuesday against Google, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws to preserve its dominance over digital advertising technologies. >> Read more trending newsThe technologies, known as ad tech, automatically connect prospective advertisers with website publishers who have open ad space. They’re automatically triggered when a person opens a webpage that has ad space to sell, almost instantly matching the site’s publisher with an advertiser, Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference. “As a result of this scheme, website creators earn less and advertisers pay more. Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising TechnologiesThrough Serial Acquisitions and Anticompetitive Auction Manipulation, Google Subverted Competition in Internet Advertising Technologieshttps://t.co/0bwDlmWXaP — Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) January 24, 2023Check back for more on this developing story.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition. The DOJ's suit accuses Google of unlawfully monopolizing the way ads are served online by excluding competitors. This is the latest legal action taken against Google by either the Justice Department or local state governments. In October 2020, for instance, the Trump administration and eleven state attorneys general sued Google for violating antitrust laws, alleging anticompetitive practices in the search and search advertising markets. The lawsuit in essence aligns the Biden administration and new states with the 35 states and District of Colombia that sued Google in December 2020 over the exact same issues.

The Justice Department and eight states have filed an antitrust suit against Google.

While special counsels are intended to be independent, in practice they are aren’t entirely. Ensuring impartiality can be difficult.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the Justice Department is treating the investigations into classified documents found at the homes of Joe Biden and Donald Trump the same.

Senior Democrats are expressing criticism of how President Joe Biden handled classified material after leaving office as vice president.

Most Americans think both Biden and Trump have handled classified material inappropriately, according to a poll released Sunday by ABC News.

A search of President Biden’s home in Wilmington turned up more classified material, some of which date to his time in the Senate, his personal attorney said.

Charlamagne Tha God went after media hypocrisy in their coverage of the Biden classified documents scandal compared to their coverage of the Trump Mar-a-Lago raid.

President Joe Biden says there is “no there there” following the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears very disappointed in having to name a special counsel to look into President Biden's documents case, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said.

A Florida congressman has been injured in an accident at his home.

When sensitive documents began emerging at Biden sites, his aides adopted an extremely cautious strategy. It got them a special counsel and a political furor.

Rep. Eric Swalwell told the hosts of "The View" on Wednesday that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump's classified document cases should be treated "the same."

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the "Abolish the ATF Act" on Tuesday following a controversial ruling by the agency that tightens regulations on pistol stabilizing braces.

President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment.

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said that justice must be "evenly applied" after more classified documents were found at President Biden's Delaware home on Saturday.

President Biden's attorney general has significantly expanded the Justice Department's civil rights footprint, drawing liberal praise and conservative ire.

Fox News contributor Andy McCarthy argues the Biden administration's efforts against former President Trump forced the Justice Department's response to Biden's document drama.

Regardless of the differences in the two cases, two potential opponents in the 2024 presidential election will both be subjects of special counsel probes as their campaigns take shape.

Given the facts as they are now known, only the most superficial parallel can be drawn between the two situations.

The fast-moving revelations have placed the president under the investigation of a special counsel and ignited criticism among Republicans.

Still another special counsel appointed during the Trump administration to investigate the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe also remains at work. In its place came new Justice Department regulations that authorized the attorney general to appoint a “special counsel” like Smith and Hur. They are funded by the Justice Department, can bring on their own prosecutors, are entitled to office space and are often expensive. The Justice Department has also long held the belief that a sitting president cannot be indicted. Mary McCord, a former Justice Department national security official, said she expected Smith to weigh the Mar-a-Lago facts and evidence just as before.

A special counsel — formerly referred to as a special prosecutor or independent counsel — is an attorney appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing. But in "extraordinary circumstances," federal regulations allow the attorney general to appoint a special counsel. When the special counsel’s work is done, the regulations say, they are expected to submit a report to the attorney general. What powers do special counsels have? In addition to the authority to bring indictments, special counsels are vested with the authority to issue subpoenas and search warrants.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Justice Department is finalizing tighter regulations on guns with accessories known as stabilizing braces, a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the devices were used in mass shootings in recent years. A stabilizing brace was also used in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, that left nine people dead in 2019. The new rule will treat guns with the accessories like short-barreled rifles, a weapon that is like a sawed-off shotgun and has been heavily regulated since the 1930s. Pistol-stabilizing braces transform a handgun into a weapon with a similarly dangerous combination of being powerful and easy to conceal, said Attorney General Merrick Garland. Officials estimated about 3 million stabilizing braces are currently in circulation in the U.S.

The Justice Department is finalizing tighter regulations on guns with accessories known as stabilizing braces, a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the devices were used in mass shootings.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Friday that the administration has been transparent about classified documents found at President Biden's home.

As both Biden and Trump face special-counsel investigations, here's what to know about classified documents.

The next day, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre found herself in the uncomfortable position of having to serve as the administration’s crisis manager. Reporters at Wednesday’s contentious briefing wanted to know why the classified documents were at the Penn office and what had led to their discovery. And why did the White House keep quiet until forced to acknowledge – after an initial report by CBS News on Monday – the documents’ existence? "In the short term, it's a very uncomfortable issue for the White House. Only it was becoming increasingly clear that, short of producing photocopies of the classified papers, there was no right thing the White House could say.

For the fourth time in less than six years, a special counsel has been appointed to investigate a sensitive matter having to do with a president or his administration.

CNN's Don Lemon pressed Chuck Schumer Friday after the Senate Majority Leader claimed that Biden had handled the situation surrounding the documents "correctly."

A Trump appointee, Lausch continued as the U.S. attorney in Chicago in the Biden administration, and is now part of the investigation into the Biden documents.

But it's now confronting a unique phenomenon: simultaneous special counsel investigations — albeit with dramatically distinct fact sets — involving two presidents, jostling for time, attention and perhaps funding as well. Another special counsel appointed during the Trump administration to investigate the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation also remains at work. The special counsel confluence underscores how a Justice Department that for nearly two centuries has had a mandate of prosecuting without fear or favor has found itself entangled in extraordinary ways in presidential politics. “Why," he added, "give yourself the grief of the comparison of the two situations" of a special counsel for Trump, a Republican, but not for Biden, a Democrat. Mary McCord, a former Justice Department national security official, said she expected Smith to weigh the Mar-a-Lago facts and evidence just as before.

The Justice Department has, of course, investigated White House matters in the past. But it's now confronting a unique phenomenon: simultaneous special counsel investigations — albeit with dramatically distinct fact sets — involving two presidents, jostling for time, attention and perhaps funding as well. Another special counsel appointed during the Trump administration to investigate the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation also remains at work. The Justice Department has also long held the belief that a sitting president cannot be indicted. Mary McCord, a former Justice Department national security official, said she expected Smith to weigh the Mar-a-Lago facts and evidence just as before.

There are now two special counsels investigating the handling of classified documents by two opposing U.S. presidents — a doubly tricky task for a Justice Department that must try to steer clear of politics.

What we know so far about where and when the documents were discovered, and when they were disclosed.

There are some similarities to Donald Trump's secret documents scandal but there are key differences, too

NEW YORK — (AP) — Virtually everything was going right for President Joe Biden as he opened the year. But on Thursday, Biden's political outlook veered into more uncertain territory after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the Democratic president's handling of classified documents. Trump, who is being probed for potentially obstructing investigators, also had far more classified documents in his possession. Speaking to reporters Thursday, Biden said he was cooperating “fully and completely with the Justice Department’s review.”“People know I take classified documents and classified material seriously,” Biden said. “But it’s important to keep all of this in context: Everyone views President Biden as a far more responsible figure than Donald Trump.

Virtually everything was going right for President Joe Biden to open the year.

It’s President Joe Biden’s refuge from Washington — a place that’s part home office, part Sunday family dinner venue, a safe place for his treasured 1967 Corvette and a makeshift campaign studio during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laura Ingraham slams the media for trying to cover for the Biden administration by pivoting from the classified documents scandal on "The Ingraham Angle."

The White House declined to give an estimate of the number of people who could have had access to the classified found in President Biden's Wilmington garage.

Attorney General Merrick Garland filled in some of the timeline of events surrounding the discovery of government documents in President Biden's possession.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by then-President Donald Trump, will serve as special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden's home in Delaware and at an office in Washington. The Justice Department has spent months looking into Trump's retention of more than 300 documents with classification markings found at his Florida estate. That discovery sparked outcry from Biden and other top Democrats, while the developments around Biden have drawn sharp criticism from Republicans. Hur served as U.S. attorney in Maryland from 2018 to 2021, winning unanimous Senate approval after Trump nominated him. He is also a former partner at the Washington law firm King & Spalding, where FBI Director Christopher Wray was once also a partner.

Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by then-President Donald Trump, will serve as special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware and at an office in Washington.

The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department probes into the discovery of classified documents at the home and former office of President Joe Biden has focused renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to make a statement from the Justice Department on Thursday.

A federal prosecutor says former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy in the Capitol attack took aim at "the heart of our democracy” on Jan. 6, 2021.

For years, problems with classified materials have been a shortcut to controversy in Washington.

President Joe Biden says he was “surprised’ when he was informed that government records were found by his attorneys at a former office space in Washington.

The largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history keeps growing two years after a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol.

The seditious conspiracy trial of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants is coming at a pivotal time in the Justice Department's investigation of the Capitol riot and its prosecution of Jan. 6 defendants.

As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media’s role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is moving to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system.

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to question the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons this week about why the agency continues to stand by a high-ranking official who beat Black inmates in the 1990s.

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency, the federal Bureau of Prisons.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the early work of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division meant confronting white supremacists who were intimidating Black voters, and the division's work remains urgent 65 years later amid a surge of hate crimes.

Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local election officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania.

The Biden administration is actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women.

As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact.

The U.S. Justice Department has received a federal judge’s approval to carry out its proposal to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city.

The prosecutor named as special counsel to oversee investigations related to former President Donald Trump has a long career confronting public corruption and war crimes.

Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power to investigate the Biden administration and in particular the president’s son.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election.

Donald Trump has officially declared himself a candidate for president, but that won’t shield him from the same criminal investigations that confront him as an ordinary citizen.

Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society’s black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog is investigating the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, prompted by U.S. Attorney Rachel Rollins’ appearance at a political fundraiser featuring first lady Jill Biden.

Two suspected Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct the U.S. criminal investigation and prosecution of Chinese tech giant Huawei.

The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix says he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election.

Justice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights.

The Biden administration has announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Former President Donald Trump once predicted that a special prosecutor appointed during his administration would uncover “the crime of the century” — a conspiracy to sink his 2016 campaign.

A U.S. attorney general during President Jimmy Carter’s administration, Benjamin R.

In an extraordinary step, the House Jan. 6 committee has voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump – a final effort to get the full story of the Capitol insurrection as the panel wraps up its work by the end of the year.

The Biden administrating is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorney’s offices in Texas and other senior posts.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene once was shunned as a political pariah for her extremist rhetoric.

Revelations about the warrant that led to the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor are scratching old wounds in Louisville, Kentucky.

A U.S. senator says a whistleblower has alleged that an internal review found 665 FBI personnel have resigned or retired to avoid accountability in misconduct probes over the past two decades.

Three major medical associations are asking the U.S. attorney general to investigate and prosecute people who are threatening violence against children’s hospitals and physicians that provide gender-affirming health care.

The Supreme Court says it won’t take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she has “a seat at the table now and I’m ready to work,” leaning into her history-making role as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Federal officials say an increasing number of fake prescription pills containing potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record levels in the U.S. And officials warn that some of the pills are being manufactured in rainbow colors designed to look like candy.