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Judiciary Committee Advances Nominations of Critical Law Enforcement Positions
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Following the Mass Shooting in Highland Park, Judiciary Committee Schedules Hearing on the Dangers of Civilian Access to Military-Style Assault Weapons
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Durbin Calls on Senate to Ban Assault Weapons from Civilian Use
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Abortion Provider to Congress: The End of Roe is a Public Health Crisis
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Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Testifies on how the Dobbs Decision is already Harming Individual States
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Durbin Welcomes Overdue Announcement of New BOP Director
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Durbin: Military-Style Assault Weapons Belong on the Battlefield, Not in our Communities
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Grassley, Tillis Demand Answers on Biden’s Failed Catch and Release Policy
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Grassley, Tillis Demand Answers on Biden’s Failed Catch and Release Policy
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News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a major drug conspiracy and distribution of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, including his actions resulting in an overdose death.
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News Release: The Department of Justice filed in court today a multi-million-dollar settlement agreement with Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber) to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Uber violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the agreement, Uber will offer several million dollars in compensation to more than 65,000 Uber users who were charged discriminatory fees due to disability.
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News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the City of Lansing, Michigan, alleging that Lansing discriminated against former detention officer Sylvia Coleman on the basis of her religion, when it terminated her employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII is a federal statute that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex and religion.
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News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ricky Lee Taylor, also known as “RT," 58, of Charleston, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other illegal drugs in the Huntington area.
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News Release: CONCORD - Wilgfrido Valnodis Arias-Mejia, 46, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Manchester, was sentenced today to 91 months in federal prison for conspiring to sell fentanyl and other substances around the Manchester area, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
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News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Saul Douglas Briggs, a/k/a “76 Chain," a/k/a “Chain," a 32 year-old resident of Muskegon, Michigan, has been indicted on multiple drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, as well as possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Briggs is also charged with illegal firearms possession and maintaining a drug house.
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News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Enfield Police Chief Alaric Fox today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a five-count indictment charging the following five men with narcotics trafficking offenses...
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN.- A Kansas man was sentenced to 144 months in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring.
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Former Cincinnati city council member P.G. Sittenfeld has been found guilty of bribery and attempted extortion.
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News Release: SEYMOUR, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LOUIE McDOWELL, 49, of Seymour, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on July 19.