In an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) asserted his commitment to preventing U.S. companies setting up 5G networks from doing business with Hauwei. 
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday its plans to investigate "market-leading online platforms" for potential anticompetitive behavior and violations of federal antitrust laws. 
Roughly 3,100 federal prison inmates will soon be released, the Department of Justice announced Friday, as part of implementation of federal criminal justice reform enacted into law last year. 
An Iranian national was caught by the Trump administration attempting to smuggle materials that can be used to enrich uranium, the key component in a nuclear weapon, out of the U.S., according to the Justice Department. 
A new rule will bar foreign nationals from receiving asylum in the United States if they did not first apply in an intermediary country, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced Monday. 
In the lead-up to the 2020 elections, the United States is already laying the groundwork to boost its own counter-operations and detection methods in order to thwart a possible attack on the nationwide election systems, as well as social media efforts by rogue nations. 
Federal prosecutors announced indictments against three men on Tuesday as part of a new initiative targeting convicted domestic abusers who illegally possess firearms. 
