WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA on grounds that it would raise prices for consumers. The government contends that the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless ...

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WASHINGTON — A unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $228 million to settle civil fraud charges that it rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from cities and counties.

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Buffalo native and University at Buffalo Law School graduate Denise O’Donnell was sworn in last week as the Justice Department’s director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance by Attorney General Eric Holder. Meanwhile, another UB Law graduate, Virginia Seitz, awaits confirmation ...

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NEW YORK — Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange on Monday withdrew their joint $11 billion bid for the parent of the New York Stock Exchange after the U.S. Department of Justice informed the companies that it would pursue a lawsuit to block the deal.

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He's not going.Attorney General Eric Holder, in a speech earlier this week, made it clear that he intends to continue at the helm of the Justice Department, calling it his "dream job."

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — An appeals court is resurrecting the case against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting in a Baghdad public square that killed 17 Iraqi citizens. A federal trial judge in Washington, Ricardo Urbina ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prosecutors deciding whether to indict John Edwards over payments made to keep his pregnant mistress in hiding are spending more time with their chief witness, Andrew Young, who posed as the father of Edwards’ out-of-wedlock baby ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Freedom of Information Act remains an unwieldy and inefficient tool for obtaining government records despite President Barack Obama's promise to reinvigorate the law and improve his administration's transparency, experts told the Senate on Tuesday.

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PHOENIX — A federal judge set an April 1 hearing for arguments over the Arizona Legislature's request to become a party in the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the state's immigration enforcement law. The Legislature argues that lawmakers ...

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Rep. Louie Gohmert wants the Justice Department to investigate Common Cause, the group that asked the Justice Department to investigate two U.S. Supreme Court justices for conflicts of interest based on the justices’ association with a top conservative financier.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — One man posted a message to the White House website threatening to kill the president. "This is not a joke," he warned, and typed in his name.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Government regulators on Tuesday gave Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, clearance to take over NBC Universal in a deal that is certain to transform the entertainment industry landscape.

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