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Google is headed to trial in Washington D.C., where it will defend itself over the Justice Department's claims that it abused its monopoly power in its search engine business. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on May 16, 2022. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Trump-era special counsel's final report criticizes FBI's Russia probe

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that the department's investigative operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the dark web resulted in a record number of arrests and seizures. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Larry Jordan, 74, served 38 years in an Alabama prison and is in poor health now. One reason the U.S. trails other developed countries in life expectancy, experts say, is that it has more people behind bars and keeps them there far longer. Charity Rachelle/KFF Health News hide caption

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Helen Biesenbach leaves a message at a memorial where 26 crosses were placed to honor the victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 9, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Visitors tour the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas after it was turned into a memorial to honor those who died during the November 2017 shooting. The Department of Justice is appealing the decision from a district court that found the government 60% responsible for the massacre. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at an event on Tuesday. The Justice Department is suing Idaho, arguing that its new abortion law violates federal law because it does not allow doctors to provide medically necessary treatment, Garland said Tuesday. Evelyn Hockstein/AP hide caption

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Demonstrators hold up signs outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in New Orleans on Wednesday as a panel of judges heard arguments on the Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. as children. Kevin McGill/AP hide caption

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Video showing an interview of former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is played during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Books are displayed on a shelf at Book Passage on November 02, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Delaware State University says it has filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday to investigate the women's lacrosse team bus stop and search. Here, the main gate of the Delaware State University campus in Dover in September 2007. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a 2021 photo, said a Missouri gun rights law impedes law enforcement in the state. The Department of Justice sued Wednesday to enjoin the law. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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Kenneth Polite, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks during a news conference at the department in October. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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His brother was killed in 2004. Now he fights violent crime as a top Justice official

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A picture shows the headquarters of publishers Random House in Central London on October 29, 2012 before it merged with Penguin. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images) LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) underway during sea trials in Atlantic Ocean on June 30, 2011. Stocktrek Images/Getty Images/Stocktrek Images hide caption

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The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice (pictured in a memorial). Jacqueline Larma/AP hide caption

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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Walmart, alleging that the company's unlawful actions resulted in hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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