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Attorney General William Barr is drawing sharp condemnation for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is expected to hold a news conference to deliver an update on “Operation Legend” in Chicago Wednesday morning.

Attorney General William Barr says in a CNN interview that the vote-by-mail process is prone to “substantial fraud and coercion” and suggests that China poses more of a threat to election security than Russia.

An Orange County Superior Court judge Thursday handed off the prosecution of a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend, who are charged with drugging and raping several women, to the state Attorney General’s Office. Judge Gregory Jones recused the office of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, who had no objection to his prosecutors being removed from the...

Attorney General William Barr defended his office’s response to protests across the country as congressional Democrats accused him of protecting armed white protesters while attacking and arresting unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters.

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., confronted Attorney General William Barr during a hearing on Tuesday on the conflicting and unequal response by law enforcement to suspects based on their race. “The department is not doing enough to address issues of racism, bias and brutality in law enforcement, when someone who commits mass murder is calmly arrested and served Burger King while...

California has the strongest internet privacy act in the country that lets you see exactly what information a company has stored about you.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state’s attorney general will take the lead in any prosecutions in the death of George Floyd.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr says peaceful protests in response to the death of George Floyd are being hijacked by “outside elements”

The criminal case against a Mexican megachurch leader on charges of child rape and human trafficking was dismissed Tuesday by a California appeals court on procedural grounds.

Involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges have once again been dropped against the Amtrak engineer at the controls during a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.

California’s attorney general sued the Neptune Society on Monday, claiming the well-known company pocketed $100 million that it should have kept in reserve for those who signed up for its prepaid cremation service plans.

Virginia’s attorney general is the latest of the top elected officials in the state to face a scandal. He said Wednesday that he once wore blackface. News4’s Julie Carey has the latest details from Richmond on Gov. Ralph Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark Herring.

Thousands more migrant families may have been separated than the government initially reported, a watchdog group said, possibly due to ongoing problems keeping track of children.

Hours after Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax again denied two claims of sexual assault, both women accusing him said they would be willing to testify at a possible impeachment hearing as the Virginia Democrat faces calls to resign and a threat of impeachment.

Democrats’ calls for an investigation into sex assault claims against Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax dissolved into demands for resignation and threats of impeachment after a second woman publicly accused him.

Virginians are split over whether Gov. Ralph Northam should resign over a photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page showing people in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe, a new Washington Post-Schar poll shows.

British lawmakers rejected a Brexit deal put forth by British Prime Minister Theresa May by a record margin on Jan. 15, with 432 MPs voting against her deal at the House of Commons.

A premiere party for a new MTV series scheduled for Monday night was canceled as a result of “unanticipated events,” according to NBC affiliate WFLA.