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While prescriptions for durable medical equipment, such as orthotic braces or wheelchairs, have long been a staple of Medicare fraud schemes, some alleged scammers are now using telemedicine and unscrupulous health providers to prescribe unneeded equipmen

Health & Safety

Phone Scammers And 'Teledoctors' Charged With Preying On Seniors In Fraud Case

5:01am October 07, 2019

by Victoria Knight

Officials warn that schemes devised to steal from Medicare have embraced telemedicine. One man was prescribed $4,000 of medical equipment he didn't need and never asked for.

Ford Motor Co., BMW, Honda and Volkswagen received letters from the Justice Department about a deal they entered with California earlier this year for reducing vehicle emissions.

Trump Administration Challenges California And Automakers On Fuel Economy

8:14pm September 06, 2019

The Trump administration says only the federal government can set tailpipe emissions standards. It's the latest move in a months long standoff over efforts to weaken a key Obama-era climate rule.

Ashley Tabaddor, a federal immigration judge in Los Angeles, is the President of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

National

DOJ Increases Power Of Agency Running Immigration Court System

8:46pm August 23, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The changes follow the Trump administration's efforts to decertify the immigration judges' union and speed up deportations.

Detained immigrant children line up at a temporary home for immigrant women and children in Karnes City, Texas.

National

Appeals Court Rules Detained Migrant Children Should Get Soap, Sleep, Clean Water

11:02pm August 15, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The Trump administration had challenged a court order setting the rules for how detained migrant children should be treated.

T-Mobile and Sprint stores in El Cerrito, Calif. The Department of Justice approved the $26 billion merger of the two wireless carriers.

T-Mobile And Sprint Merger Finally Wins Justice Department's Blessing

5:00pm July 26, 2019

by Yuki Noguchi

A deal years in the making is getting federal regulatory approval to move forward. The $26 billion merger is subject to court approval, and state attorneys general are seeking to block the deal.

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A woman walks past a Google sign in San Francisco. The Justice Department is launching an antitrust review of major online companies. The DOJ did not name the firms, but there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Amaz

DOJ Starts Review Of Whether Major Tech Companies Are Too Powerful

8:38pm July 23, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

The Justice Department says it is launching a wide-ranging antitrust review, without naming the companies. But there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon.

Protesters carry posters depicting Julian Assange outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday where the WikiLeaks founder appeared by video link from prison for an extradition hearing.

Julian Assange Vows To Fight Extradition To The United States

4:09pm May 02, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The WikiLeaks founder said he did not wish to surrender himself "for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people." The extradition case could take many months, the judge said.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided on Tuesday that asylum-seekers who clear a "credible fear" interview and are facing removal don't have the right to be released on bond by an immigration court judge while their cases are pending.

AG Barr Orders Immigration Judges To Stop Releasing Asylum-Seekers On Bail

6:21pm April 17, 2019

The ruling by the attorney general is the latest step by the Trump administration designed to discourage asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.

Arts

Justice Department Warns Academy: New Oscar Rules 'May Raise Antitrust Concerns'

7:47pm April 03, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The reported proposals would limit eligibility for films debuting on streaming services such as Netflix. But the federal antitrust chief objects, and he laid out why in a letter to the academy's CEO.

A ramshackle compound in the desert area of Amalia, N.M. Five former residents were indicted on terror and gun charges.

National

Feds Indict 5 New Mexico Compound Residents On Terror and Gun Charges

9:40pm March 14, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The search for a missing child led to a raid of a rural compound and the grisly discovery of 11 emaciated children. Their relatives were training to attack U.S. personnel, federal authorities say.