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1 week ago | cnn.com | Evan Perez |Katelyn Polantz |Hannah S. Rabinowitz |Holmes Lybrand

Interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro arrives for a press update on a shooting the night before, of two Israeli embassy staffers, at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Images CNN  —  Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum.

1 week ago | local3news.com | Kaanita Iyer |Holmes Lybrand |Hannah S. Rabinowitz |Evan Perez

(CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act, the victims, and the suspected shooter.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Paula Reid |Casey Gannon |Hannah S. Rabinowitz |Evan Perez |Devan Cole

The Trump administration is moving to dismiss federal oversight agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd, and dropping investigations into several major US police departments. The move, announced by the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, reflects the administration’s opposition to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the DOJ found a pattern of misconduct.

2 weeks ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Evan Perez

O Departamento de Justiça abriu uma investigação sobre Andrew Cuomo, ex-governador de Nova York e principal candidato a prefeito da cidade de Nova York, após uma indicação de republicanos do Congresso que acusaram Cuomo de mentir durante uma investigação sobre a resposta de seu governo à Covid-19, disse uma pessoa informada sobre o assunto. O inquérito incipiente ocorre após uma solicitação anterior ao governo Biden que não resultou em uma investigação.

2 weeks ago | local3news.com | Evan Perez

(CNN) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Andrew Cuomo, former New York governor and a top candidate for New York City mayor, following a referral from congressional Republicans who accused Cuomo of lying during an investigation of his administration’s Covid-19 response, a person briefed on the matter said. It also comes after Justice officials ended a separate corruption prosecution of Eric Adams, the current New York mayor who is one of Cuomo’s rivals for the job.