Justice Department

Jun 9, 2025

Justice Dept. warns states over voter ID, HAVA compliance

DOJ warns Arizona and Wisconsin over Help America Vote Act issues, threatening lawsuits and funding cuts tied to voter ID and complaint handling.

Jan 10, 2025

Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

The landlord Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC declined to comment.

Jan 9, 2025

Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel’s report on Trump Jan. 6 probe

A Trump spokesperson called Smith's report an “unconstitutional, one-sided, falsehood-ridden screed."

Sep 12, 2023

Justice Department’s National Security Division Announces Key Corporate Enforcement Appointments

Two attorneys have been tapped to head the Justice Department’s National Security Division's corporate enforcement program.

Sep 8, 2023

FBI investigating million barrels of oil seized from Iranian terrorist organization

The Federal government has seized nearly 1 million barrels of crude oil from a known terrorist organization that was allegedly being smuggled from Iran to China in violation of U.S. […]

Aug 1, 2023

75th Anniversary of the Racial Integration of the Armed Forces

Last week marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9981, which was issued by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, and which directed the desegregation of the United States Armed Forces.

Jun 15, 2023

Russian national arrested and charged with conspiring to commit LockBit ransomware attacks against U.S. and Foreign Businesses

This LockBit-related arrest, the second in six months.

May 18, 2023

Justice Department leadership meets with civil rights groups

By Steve Schuster [email protected] Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights […]

Mar 20, 2023

State investigators probing death, injury in Hortonville

Investigators with the state Department of Justice are investigating a mysterious death in northeastern Wisconsin.

Jan 25, 2023

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance

The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government.

Jan 16, 2023

Kaul asks Legislature for $2.2M to keep school safety office

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is asking Gov. Tony Evers and he Republican-controlled Legislature for $2.2 million in the next state budget to keep the state Justice Department's Office of School Safety going.

Nov 21, 2022

Justice Department sues corn mill over multiple violations

Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Monday against a milling company for multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion five years ago.