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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The Justice Department sued TikTok and parent company ByteDance, alleging the popular video app repeatedly violated the U.S.’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and related regulations. The DOJ, together with the FTC, on Friday (Aug. 2) filed the civil lawsuit in the U.S.

CBS News has made a series of new assignments for correspondents in its Washington, D.C. bureau, as is typical at the start of a new presidential administration.

Julian Assange may be free now, but the WikiLeaks founder won’t find himself on the big screen at next month’s Sundance Film Festival after all.

Bill Clinton says he understands why President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter and that “you can’t take the politics out of pardons.”

. Which means you've probably heard of the allegations of sexual misconduct against Matt Gaetz, which include paying and sleeping with a minor, showing fellow lawmakers nude pictures of women he'd had sex with, and .

engaged in illegal sex trafficking. Hostin had ranted minutes earlier about the allegations against Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Justice Department.“How could you nominate someone with allegations of child trafficking or trafficking across state lines and having sex with a 17-year-old?” Hostin asked viewers, according to a clip of the Tuesday show that was shared on X.“My understanding, further on in the interview, they discuss the fact that once he finds out that she’s 17, he stops having sex with her,” added Hostin, a former federal prosecutor.

Donald Trump has selected two attorneys who defended him in his New York hush money trial to top roles in the Justice Department.

charges brought against various people, including prominent gay and bisexual individuals, who participated in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol; the indictment and conviction on felony charges of arranging a hush-money scheme with the intent of influencing a federal election; and the pursuit of charges against the former and future president for alleged election interference.

Donald Trump has nominated Rep.. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to serve as attorney general, a surprise pick that will please the president-elect’s MAGA allies but may prove to be a flashpoint in the confirmation process.

Elon Musk‘s political action committee can continue to hold $1 million per day voter contests through the presidential election on Tuesday., a judge ruled, according to the AP.

Steve Bannon, the former film producer and Trump strategist turned popular podcaster on the right, was released earlier today from federal prison after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

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sued three months ago to break up Live Nation, arguing the concert promoter and Ticketmaster illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists like Taylor Swift.Some states had sought damages under state law in the original lawsuit. By adding claims under the federal anti-monopoly law, states can seek three times the monetary damages.On Monday, 10 states joined the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, and 26 states and the District of Columbia added claims for treble damages on behalf of their residents.New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement that her office is seeking damages for what state residents were overcharged by Live Nation and Ticketmaster.“It’s time for a new era where fans, venues, and artists are not taken advantage of by big corporations that run the world of live events,” she said.Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Vermont joined the lawsuit, boosting the total to 39 states and the District of Columbia.The lawsuit says Live Nation directly manages more than 400 musical artists and controls around 60% of concert promotions at major venues.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Google broke the law by inking multibillion-dollar deals to make its search engine the default on web browsers and smartphones including devices from Apple and Samsung, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge Amit Mehta of U.S.

A federal judge ruled that Google violated antitrust laws “by maintaining its monopoly” on two product markets, search and general text advertising.

Julian Assange has landed back in his native Australia after entering a guilty plea at a U.S. District Court in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” the Justice Department said Thursday. At one point, Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes — a lineup larger than the combined catalogs of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Amazon Prime Video, according to prosecutors.

Two House Democrats again are expressing antitrust concerns about Venu, the upcoming sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, and are seeking more answers from the companies.

Vice President Kamala Harris had some biting words about Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, making it a point to comment on his recent New York felony conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A civil lawsuit accusing WWE founder Vince McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking has been put on hold pending the ongoing investigation being conducted by the Justice Department, according to the lawyer representing the former WWE employee who sued McMahon. McMahon in January 2024 resigned from the board of TKO Group, the holding company majority owned by Endeavor that merged WWE and UFC, in the wake of the allegations made by the former WWE employee, Janel Grant. Grant sued the executive in U.S.

President Joe Biden weighed in on Donald Trump‘s conviction today, defending the judicial process while warning critics that it was “reckless” and “dangerous” to characterize the proceedings as “rigged.”