Pete Yost

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National Security

Gov’t: Court should not allow disclosure

Pete Yost · October 3, 2013 1:41 am

Justice Dept sues North Carolina over voter law

Pete Yost · September 30, 2013 1:45 pm

National Security

Justice Department spent nearly $5M on drones

Pete Yost · September 26, 2013 9:29 pm

JPMorgan Chase Chairman, President and CEO Jamie Dimon, arrives at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. An $11 billion national settlement is under discussion to resolve claims over JPMorgan's handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the recession, said a government official familiar with ongoing negotiations among bank, federal and New York state officials. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Atty General meets with JPMorgan chief

Pete Yost · September 26, 2013 6:57 pm

FILE - In this July 2, 2011, file photo, Nissan Motor Co. employees work on cars on the assembly line at the Japanese automaker's Oppama plant in Yokosuka near Tokyo. Nine Japanese auto parts manufacturers and two of their executives will plead guilty and pay $740 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of more than 30 products sold to many of the world's largest automakers operating in the U.S., the Justice Department announced Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Japan car parts makers in price-fixing plea

Pete Yost · September 26, 2013 6:54 pm

Government seeks dismissal of lawsuit related to Gen. David Petraeus

Pete Yost · September 24, 2013 10:28 pm

Eric Holder expands changes in drug-case policy

Pete Yost · September 19, 2013 5:26 pm

Deputy Attorney General James Cole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled; "Conflicts between State and Federal Marijuana Laws. The Justice Department announced Aug. 29 that it won't try to stop Colorado and Washington state from legalizing recreational marijuana use as long as they implement strong enforcement systems. Marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Feds seek to legalize marijuana industry banking

Pete Yost · September 11, 2013 1:07 am

Feds won’t enforce same-sex veterans law

Pete Yost · September 4, 2013 10:38 pm

Court rules against disclosure of WH visitor list

Pete Yost · August 30, 2013 8:29 pm

This Aug. 6, 2012, file photo shows smoke pouring from a fire at the Chevron Richmond Refinery behind Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.

Safety vs enforcement: Agencies at odds over probe

Pete Yost · August 27, 2013 4:01 pm

Outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller speaks during an interview at FBI headquarters on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, in Washington. The nature of terrorism has changed in Robert Muellerâs dozen years as FBI director, but his concerns for the future are much the same as when terrorists struck on Sept. 11, 2001, merely a week after heâd taken over the bureau. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Departing FBI chief worries about airborne terror

Pete Yost · August 23, 2013 8:12 am