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The Justice Department's new rule requires background checks for all gun sales, not just ones sold at gun stores. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it will save lives.

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.

El Departamento de Justicia de los EE.UU. apeló la adjudicación de $230 millones de dólares a las víctimas del tiroteo masivo de Sutherland Springs que en 2017 cobró la vida de 26 personas e hirió a casi dos docenas más.

Despite chiding lawmakers for not holding gun manufacturers accountable for aggressive marketing strategies after the Uvalde shooting, President Joe Biden's DOJ appeals its own accountability.

El Departamento de Justicia llevará a cabo una revisión de la respuesta policial al tiroteo en Uvalde, Texas, a solicitud del alcalde de la ciudad, Don McLaughlin.

As President Biden visited Uvalde on Sunday, federal officials said they would investigate how law enforcement responded to the massacre that left 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers dead.

The letter, directed to U.S. Attorney general Merrick Garland, points to "an alarmingly high number" of rejections after the passage of Senate Bill 1.

Texas is sued again by the Department of Justice – this time for redistricting maps the weaken the voting strength of minority voters. Are these signs that we are living in a backsliding democracy? An international study says the Unites States is slipping away from a democracy and becoming a state concerned with servicing corrupt special interests and not the will of the people.

The U.S. Department of Justice claims the Texas law contains several provisions that "will disenfranchise eligible Texas citizens who seek to exercise their right to vote."

The Justice Department wants the high court to put the restrictive law on hold during ongoing legal challenges. The U.S. government says the legislation is unconstitutional.