Tag: Attorneys General

In the letter, the attorneys general tell Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa to resist rushing the process. (AP Photo)

AGs demand McConnell, Grassley hold firm on SCOTUS pick

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2016 11:18 pm

Ferguson City Council approved the first reading of a measure that would reverse the government's lawsuit. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Ferguson throws in the towel in Justice Department lawsuit

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2016 3:54 am

Trump: As president, I would prosecute Clinton

Trump: As president, I would prosecute Clinton

Anna Giaritelli · February 23, 2016 5:01 am

A divided Supreme Court agreed Feb. 9, 2016, to halt enforcement of President Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. (Jason Wachter/St. Cloud Times via AP, File)

Energy and Environment

States: EPA defying Supreme Court halt of climate rule

John Siciliano · February 12, 2016 9:08 pm

The Clean Power Plan is the centerpiece of the president's agenda to fight climate change. The plan requires states to cut their greenhouse gas emissions a third by 2030. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Energy and Environment

Attorneys general say states should ignore Obama’s climate plan

John Siciliano · February 10, 2016 4:53 pm

Protesters stand in front of the Harney County Courthouse in Burns, Ore. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios)

Federal grand jury indicts 16 Oregon occupiers

Anna Giaritelli · February 4, 2016 3:04 am

"Does the Department of Justice consider this a conflict of interest in the context of a federal investigation involving President Clinton's spouse?" DeSantis asked. (AP File Photo/Steve Cannon)

Lawmaker raises conflict of interest questions on Clinton emails

Joel Gehrke · February 1, 2016 10:11 pm

"If no recommendation to charge is forthcoming, or if such a recommendation is made but not followed by the attorney general, what happens then?" Michael Mukasey wrote. (AP Photo)

Former AG: Criminal charges against Clinton are ‘justified’

Kelly Cohen · January 22, 2016 1:59 pm

Under a Sanders administration, every police shooting of a civilian would be investigated on a federal level. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Sanders: DOJ should investigate every police shooting

Anna Giaritelli · January 18, 2016 3:35 am

"I want to express the committee's expectation that the Department of Justice will allocate its resources to the enforcement of existing federal law," wrote Republican Rep. John Culberson. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

House appropriations panel to Obama: Don’t even think about funding gun control

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2016 12:17 am

Obama: Gun control is ‘unfinished business’

Sarah Bedford · January 1, 2016 4:16 pm

âÅThis is not what we stand for, this is not what we do, this is not what we work for," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. "This is not what we live for, it's antithetical to our values." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lynch: California shooting has ‘no place’ in U.S.

Kelly Cohen · December 3, 2015 4:35 pm