According to The Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department has opened an investigation into egg prices, which have doubled in the past year. The department plans to establish whether egg producers have conspired to inflate prices or hold back supply.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the cause of soaring egg prices, including whether large producers have conspired to raise prices or hold back supply, according to people familiar with the matter.

Following a court ruling that Google has abused its monopoly in search and online advertising, the judge in the case will consider proposed remedies from both the US Department of Justice as well as Google.

Google will have to break up its business, the Justice Department said in a filing, upholding the previous administration's proposal after a federal judge ruled last year that the company illegally abused a monopoly over the search industry.