DOJ/FBI

A Justice Department watchdog report from December found errors and omissions in applications to monitor the communications of a former Trump campaign aide, and an audit released last week found problems with additional applications between 2014 and 2019.

Relatives of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a report that the U.S. government still must do better in communicating with them, though improvements have been made over the last five years.

The FBI has release figures on background checks for gun purchases done in March, and they were the most for a single month since the system began in 1998.

Scams include people attempting to sell fake cures for COVID-19 as well as fake shops, websites and social media accounts claiming to sell high-demand medical supplies, such as surgical masks.

The findings are on top of problems identified last year by the inspector general’s office, which concluded that FBI agents had made significant errors and omissions in applications to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign adviser.

The outreach suggests federal law enforcement officials may be looking to determine whether the North Carolina Republican exploited advance information when he dumped as much as $1.7 million in stocks in the days before COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the economy.

Health officials have been warning for more than a decade about the dangers of epidemics in jails and prisons, which are ideal environments for virus outbreaks

Immigration lawyers as well as unions for judges and the Homeland Security Department’s own attorneys have jointly demanded that all courts close.