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🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Luigi Mangione escapes federal death penalty after federal prosecutors decline to appeal judge's ruling

Luigi Mangione will not face the federal death penalty as prosecutors have chosen not to appeal a judge's decision dismissing the capital murder charge against him.

Feb 28 • 00:27 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Trump fires judge-picked US attorney as top DOJ official warns courts to stay in their lane

President Trump has removed another U.S. attorney appointed by federal judges, escalating tensions between the executive branch and the judiciary over the appointment of top federal prosecutors.

Feb 23 • 16:42 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
Crime & Justice

They asked for a federal judge accused of threatening and harassing court employees to go to trial

Federal prosecutors in La Pampa have requested that Judge Pablo Díaz Lacava be tried for threats and workplace harassment against court staff in a case involving gender-based violence.

Feb 16 • 19:02 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

MPF charges former Rio police officials accused of obstruction in the Marielle case

Brazil's federal prosecutors have charged three former police officials with obstruction of justice in the Marielle Franco murder investigation.

Feb 13 • 19:15 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

DOJ solicits examples of ‘judicial activism’ from prosecutors as it weighs impeachment referrals

The DOJ is considering impeachment referrals for federal judges perceived as activist after receiving complaints from U.S. attorneys.

Feb 12 • 16:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

VIDEO shows agent shooting at teacher during immigration operation in the USA: 'Time to get aggressive'

Federal prosecutors in the United States released body camera footage of a Chicago teacher, Marimar Martinez, who survived being shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration operation in October 2025.

Feb 12 • 06:01 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

The U.S. Department of Justice Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors Supporting Trump

Chad Mizelle's unusual recruitment efforts for federal prosecutors reflect the dwindling interest and loyalty issues within the Department of Justice under the Trump administration.

Feb 10 • 14:06 UTC
🇸🇪 Dagens Nyheter
National & Local

Report: FBI Halted Investigation into the Shooting Death of Renee Good

Federal prosecutors never conducted an investigation into the circumstances of Renee Good's shooting death in Minneapolis, which had initially been pursued against the ICE agent involved, due to orders from high-ranking officials in the Trump administration to discontinue the inquiry.

Feb 7 • 19:11 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Copy and Paste: corruption scheme in the health sector was divided into three cores and Rodrigo Manga was a 'key piece', says MPF

A corruption scheme in the health sector of Sorocaba's city hall involved three cores, with the suspended mayor Rodrigo Manga identified as a key figure, according to federal prosecutors.

Feb 6 • 23:06 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Texas doctor indicted on charges he falsified records to block patients’ liver transplants

A Houston doctor has been indicted for falsifying medical records to deny liver transplants to five patients, some of whom later died, according to federal prosecutors.

Feb 6 • 20:57 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

MP positions itself against payment of up to R$ 1 million in retroactive bonuses to councilors and prosecutors of the Court of Auditors of DF

The Public Ministry of the Federal District opposed the payment of retroactive bonuses to councilors and prosecutors of the Court of Auditors of DF, which was approved just days before the end-of-year recess.

Feb 6 • 11:39 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
Crime & Justice

Ernestina Godoy calls on state prosecutors to combat extortion more effectively

Ernestina Godoy, head of the Federal Attorney General's Office, urged state prosecutors to intensify efforts against extortion, emphasizing the need for organized and coordinated action to tackle this crime impacting society.

Feb 5 • 02:35 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

US prosecutors seek life sentence for man convicted of trying to assassinate Trump in Florida

Federal prosecutors are requesting a life sentence for Ryan Routh, who was convicted of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in 2024.

Feb 4 • 13:06 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Alexander brothers accused of cruise ship sex abuse ahead of real estate moguls' trafficking trial

Federal prosecutors have expanded their case against twin brothers Oren and Alon Alexander, charging them with sexually abusing a woman aboard a cruise ship shortly before a jury is set to hear a related sex-trafficking trial.

Jan 16 • 00:24 UTC
🇨🇳 South China Morning Post
Crime & Justice

US charges 20 people with rigging university, Chinese basketball games, NBC reports

Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged 20 individuals with conspiring to rig games in the Chinese Basketball Association through point shaving and bribery from September 2022 to February 2025.

Jan 15 • 16:48 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Federal prosecutors indict 26 people for allegedly fixing college basketball games in widespread conspiracy

Federal prosecutors have indicted 26 individuals in Pennsylvania for their alleged roles in fixing NCAA Division 1 men's basketball games and games from the professional Chinese Basketball Association.

Jan 15 • 16:22 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

More Democratic lawmakers say Trump DoJ is investigating them over military video

Three House Democrats revealed they are under investigation by federal prosecutors linked to a November military video, marking an expansion of inquiries by the Trump administration.

Jan 15 • 15:58 UTC
🇺🇸 New York Times
Crime & Justice

3 More Lawmakers in Video Say Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Them

Three lawmakers have publicly stated in a video that they are under investigation by federal prosecutors.

Jan 15 • 01:50 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Top federal Minnesota prosecutors officially terminated after dispute over ICE shooting probe

Five federal prosecutors in Minnesota were fired after disagreements regarding the Justice Department's handling of an ICE shooting investigation.

Jan 15 • 01:38 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

DOJ surging federal prosecutors to Minneapolis for fraud, immigration cases after resignations: sources

The DOJ is deploying additional federal prosecutors to Minneapolis to address an upsurge in fraud and immigration cases following recent resignations.

Jan 14 • 18:20 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
Crime & Justice

United States: How Trump Politicized America’s Justice System

The article discusses the alarming trend of the politicization of American investigative authorities, particularly criminal justice, under President Donald Trump's administration, highlighted by the recent mass resignations of federal prosecutors in Minnesota and civil rights attorneys from the Justice Department.

Jan 14 • 14:12 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

Six Minnesota prosecutors resign due to pressure from Trump's government in the case of the woman killed by police

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned due to pressure from the Trump administration regarding the investigation into the shooting of Renee Good by police.

Jan 14 • 10:13 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
Crime & Justice

Trial against 'Hammer Gang': Did they want their victims to die?

A trial against the 'Hammer Gang' is underway in Düsseldorf, where suspects are charged with attempted murder by federal prosecutors.

Jan 13 • 20:35 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

Global Central Banks Show Solidarity with Powell Following Investigation

Major central bank governors have expressed support for the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell amid an investigation by U.S. prosecutors, emphasizing the importance of the Fed's independence.

Jan 13 • 11:20 UTC
🇮🇸 Visir
Crime & Justice

Investigate Now and Review Charges Against the Central Bank Governor

U.S. federal prosecutors have convened a grand jury to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and possibly charge him in connection with his testimony about renovations to the central bank's facilities.

Jan 12 • 09:52 UTC
🇺🇸 New York Times
Crime & Justice

Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell

Federal prosecutors have initiated an inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding potential misconduct.

Jan 12 • 00:45 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Prosecutors blast Mangione’s ‘misleading’ bid to force Bondi off case with death penalty at stake

Federal prosecutors have dismissed Luigi Mangione's legal team's claims of attorney general Pam Bondi’s conflict of interest concerning her ties to a lobbying firm, ahead of a pivotal hearing in his death penalty case.

Jan 9 • 11:00 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Pam Bondi dispatches federal prosecutors to Minnesota following Somali fraud allegations

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the deployment of federal prosecutors to Minnesota to address ongoing fraud investigations linked to Somali-run nonprofits.

Jan 7 • 14:39 UTC
🇩🇪 Die Welt
National & Local

Repair Successful - Power Supply to be Resumed at 11 AM

Power supply in southwestern Berlin will be restored a day earlier than expected after an arson attack, affecting around 19,900 households, with federal prosecutors investigating under terrorism suspicions.

Jan 7 • 07:39 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Brown University shooter confessed in videos to planning attack for long time, showed no remorse: DOJ

Federal prosecutors released videos where the Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, admits to long-term planning of the attack without showing any remorse.

Jan 6 • 23:15 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
Crime & Justice

Before Nicolás Maduro's First Trial: What Will Happen in Court?

Federal prosecutors have charged Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and their adult son Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra with conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns, and destructive devices.

Jan 5 • 09:39 UTC

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