Federal law enforcement officials recently arrested seven individuals in South Carolina on involvement charges in a gamecock fighting venture and illegal gambling operation.

A pair of scammers posing as real estate agents duped several hundred prospective home buyers out of $6 million over three years, according to the Justice Department.

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) settled a race discrimination lawsuit last week with Anthony Green, a maintenance mechanic at the agency's Capitol Power Plant. The AOC will pay $135,000 to Green in total compensation, including $85,000 in "compensatory damages" and $50,000 in attorney fees, and the terms of the settlement bar Green from filing a lawsuit on the same claim in the future.

As federal law enforcement officers, EPA special agents are authorized to conduct investigations, carry firearms, arrest for any federal crime, and execute and serve warrants.

In a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government, the Office of Personnel Management’s Office of the Inspector General (OPM OIG) outlined how the central management agency has failed to comply with the laws requiring OPM to provide the OIG with “timely access to agency records.”

Legislation introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) to expand the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to include alleged DOJ attorney misconduct will be taken up next week during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.