Author: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY

Purdue Pharma, the company whose OxyContin painkiller that drove a nationwide opioid epidemic, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges as part of a settlement with the government that includes fines of more than $8 billion, the Justice D…

“No country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously,” said a U.S. DOJ representative.

The Justice Department demands records from Simon & Schuster after the Trump administration failed to halt publication of John Bolton’s book.

Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney John Pierce, whose firm owes millions, has stepped away from the #FightBack Foundation defense fund that raised $700,000.

Trump’s Justice Department has launched a criminal inquiry into the leadership and financing of protests against police brutality.

Suspects in 90 homicides have been arrested under Operation Legend, the Trump administration deployment of federal officers to nine U.S. cities so far

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance continued to fight to obtain eight years of Trump’s personal and business tax records, with new documents.

Department of Homeland Security tactical team deployed to Seattle. The unit is on standby in case of new unrest.

Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded not guilty and will be held in jail in a case related to Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking operation.

Appeals court puts hold on first federal executions in 17 years, as Daniel Lewis Lee was set to die for killing a family.