Tag: Department of Justice

A Chip Off the Old Block?

Terry Eastland · June 22, 2015 4:00 am

In this Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, motorists drive past a sign warning of upcoming traffic cameras in Cleveland. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, rejected a driver's motion to reconsider their 4-3 ruling in December. (AP)

Ex-CEO pleads guilty in traffic camera corruption case

Sean Higgins · June 19, 2015 11:05 pm

Obama installs Lynch as attorney general

Susan Crabtree · June 17, 2015 7:32 pm

A former vice president of a Florida-based defense contractor pleaded guilty to bribing Kuwaiti officials. (iStock Photo)

Justice hits company with $7 million fine for bribing Kuwaiti officials

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2015 9:08 pm

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

Senator, interrupted: Judge rejects Menendez request to move corruption trial

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2015 8:26 pm

TV5 employees work after the French television network was hacked by people claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group, in Paris, France, Thursday April 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

Virginia teen pleads guilty to using Twitter to aid ISIS

Sean Higgins · June 11, 2015 4:35 pm

An officer takes down police tape after an incident on North Ave., near the site of recent riots and only several blocks away from where Freddie Gray was arrested last month, May 4, 2015 in Baltimore, Md. (Getty Image)

Baltimore councilman: Police chief ‘has lost the streets’

Elizabeth Potter · June 10, 2015 7:40 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, on the Council's 2015 annual report and a discussion of charters for the Council's committees. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Yellen: Fed withholds leak info from Congress because of criminal investigation

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2015 8:17 pm

FBI to investigate Russia, Qatar World Cup bids

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 7:58 pm

"The intent of this amendment is to make it illegal for federal employees to engage in efforts to enforce federal law that makes the medical use or distribution of medical marijuana illegal in states where the use of marijuana for medical purposes has been made legal," Rep. Rohrabacher said during late Tuesday night debate on his proposal. (Getty Image)

House votes to block DOJ from messing with state marijuana laws

Pete Kasperowicz · June 3, 2015 7:53 pm

Then-Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michelle Leonhart testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 12, 2015 in Washington. Leonhart was forced to resign amid the sex party scandal. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sex parties cost DEA millions in funding cuts

Pete Kasperowicz · June 3, 2015 1:38 pm

Tax Division attorneys from the Department of Justice, some of whom worked directly on the IRS' illegal targeting of Tea Party groups, are now giving legal advice to the White House with no safeguards to prevent the abuse of private taxpayer information, says a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of D.C. by a watchdog group. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Complaint: Tea-Party-targeting DOJ attorneys now work for White House, no taxpayer safeguards in place

Barbara Boland · May 28, 2015 7:32 pm