Garland dismisses “absurd” criticism that he should have altered Hur report

Washington — Attorney General Merrick Garland dismissed suggestions that he should have altered portions of former special counsel Robert Hur’s report about President Biden’s handling of classified records, saying the notion that he would censor Hur’s findings was “absurd.” “The idea that an attorney general would edit or redact or censor the special counsel’s explanation

U.S. hits Apple with antitrust suit, accusing tech giant of stifling competition

Washington — Apple Inc., one of the world’s most valuable and influential companies, illegally engaged in anti-competitive behavior in an effort to build a “moat around its smartphone monopoly” and maximize its profits, the Justice Department alleged in a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit filed Thursday. In the suit filed in federal district court in New Jersey,