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.
The Justice Department is creating a special task force to address criminal misconduct by federal Bureau of Prison officers at several correctional facilities.
Lawyers for Maria Butina and prosecutors in Washington made the disclosure in a joint court filing, the first acknowledgement that the 30-year-old is potentially working on a plea deal or some other conclusion to her case.