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2026-09-04 · CBS News

Judge lets Pentagon move forward with firing Stars and Stripes journalists

🔮 Lederer declined to present them and opted to resign, but he was fired before he could do so. assertive

2026-09-04 · CBS News

BOP faces scrutiny over exclusive deal to sell nicotine pouches to prisoners

🔮 A Florida company that was established in May won an unusual and potentially lucrative deal to be the only business permitted to stock the commissaries of the Bureau of Prisons' 118 institutions with flavored nicotine pouches. mixed

2026-09-11 · CBS News

Joe diGenova resigns from DOJ after overseeing "grand conspiracy" probe

🔮 He added that his wife, attorney Victoria Toensing, who also worked with the team of federal prosecutors in Fort Pierce, Florida, will be leaving the Justice Department on Friday. assertive

2026-09-14 · CBS News

Abbott Labs to pay nearly $385M in case over bacterial contamination at plant

🔮 Federal prosecutors originally tried to pursue felony charges and had the support of Tysen Duva, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, but senior DOJ leadership would not allow the case to proceed. mixed

2026-09-14 · CBS News

John Brennan subpoenaed in Florida "grand conspiracy" probe

🔮 "I'm perplexed as to what crime they could be prosecuting," Wainstein said, adding that the investigations are a "blatantly unconstitutional effort to target an innocent man." assertive

2026-09-15 · CBS News

Patel defends lowering hiring standards related to prostitution, bestiality

🔮 Sources previously told CBS News that the new eligibility requirements do not distinguish between candidates who were coerced into sexual activity with animals, as opposed to those who engaged in such acts willingly. assertive

2026-09-17 · CBS News

Trump ordered DOJ not to appeal ruling loosening gun limits, sources say

🔮 President Trump ordered the Justice Department not to appeal a court ruling that loosened restrictions on firearms known as "gangster weapons," sources familiar with the matter told CBS News, a move that will let some Americans possess or sell short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers with less government oversight. assertive

2026-09-18 · CBS News

DOJ says ban on selling handguns to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional

🔮 The opinion was issued one day after CBS News that the Justice Department will also not appeal a court decision that largely deregulates silencers, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and other bespoke guns under the National Firearms Act. assertive

2026-09-18 · CBS News

Feds plan to transfer hundreds of pre-trial detainees in private prison dispute

🔮 Sources familiar with the plan say federal defenders, prosecutors and judges fear the move could disrupt criminal prosecutions in Atlanta, where the state's busiest federal courthouse is located. assertive

2026-09-21 · CBS News

Selling early access to Trump Truth Social posts is illegal, ex-prosecutors say

🔮 The brief noted that the scheme could create criminal liability not only for executive branch officials, but also for anyone who is paying the fee for the early access to Truth Social posts, as well. assertive

2026-09-24 · CBS News

DOJ says it's moving to end more than 50 decades-old school desegregation cases

🔮 As of May 2022, the Justice Department still represented the federal government in some 140 school desegregation cases, according to an archived press release. assertive

2026-09-30 · CBS News

Bureau of Prisons ordered to restore its union's contract

🔮 Vernon Oliver, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, granted a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Prisons that was sought by the National Council of Prison Locals to restore the agreement after Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall terminated it on Sept. 25, 2025. assertive

2026-09-30 · CBS News

DOJ files judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota

🔮 "We have a right, just like every litigant in court, to have a judge that will be fair and impartial," Blanche said. assertive

2026-10-01 · CBS News

Man who allegedly harassed Katie Miller indicted for cyberstalking in Massachusetts

🔮 Katie Miller could not immediately be reached for comment. assertive

2026-10-04 · CBS News

ShinyHunters hacker detained in Jordan, cooperating with FBI, sources say

🔮 It is unclear how many other alleged hackers may be involved, a U.S. source told CBS News. mixed

2026-10-06 · CBS News

Olympian accused of damaging Reflecting Pool seeks probe of potential misconduct

🔮 "Anything less than a full and fair review would be a betrayal of your mission and perpetuate the outrageous mistreatment of Mr. Hearn." Hearn was initially detained in jail for five hours on June 19, after he stopped by the Reflecting Pool during a bike ride. assertive

2026-10-07 · CBS News

Union alleges Bureau of Prisons in contempt for failing to reinstate collective bargaining agreement

🔮 Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall terminated the collective bargaining agreement on Sept. 25, 2025. assertive

2026-10-07 · CBS News

Maduro expected to face new charges of torture of Americans in Venezuelan prisons

🔮 Federal prosecutors are expected to bring new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, for allegedly torturing Americans who were held in Venezuelan prisons, according to multiple sources familiar with the case. mixed

2026-10-08 · CBS News

Stephen Miller spoke at FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say

🔮 CBS News could not determine the status of the investigation, which remained open as recently as this summer, one of the sources said. assertive

2026-10-08 · CBS News

DOJ trying to indict former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson

🔮 Federal prosecutors have been presenting evidence to a grand jury in Washington, D.C., on whether former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson may have lied to Congress in her testimony related to the on the U.S. Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. mixed

2026-10-09 · CBS News

DOJ won't enforce parts of 1934 gun law that were gutted by court ruling

🔮 The Justice Department said on Friday it will no longer enforce certain provisions of a 1934 law that was passed by Congress to regulate the types of firearms often used by mobsters, after a federal judge declared large parts of the law were unconstitutional. assertive

2026-10-15 · CBS News

Justice Department sues California over noncitizens getting ballots

🔮 "If found responsible in a court of law, the State of California will have seriously undermined confidence in our electoral system and violated laws that protect our nation's representative system of government. assertive

2026-10-15 · CBS News

Sikh separatist says FBI warned him of new threat against him

🔮 Gupta, who in February pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, is set to be sentenced in November, and Pannun is expected to speak at the sentencing. assertive

2026-10-17 · CBS News

Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar accuse DOJ of violating judge's orders

🔮 Such overt investigative steps involving a sitting member of Congress so close to an election appear to run afoul of internal Justice Department guidelines, which state that prosecutors and agents should avoid taking overt investigative steps that could affect the outcome of an election or give one candidate an advantage or disadvantage. assertive

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