Tag: Loretta Lynch

AG Lynch contradicts FBI on screening Syrian refugees

AG Lynch contradicts FBI on screening Syrian refugees

Pete Kasperowicz · November 17, 2015 4:23 pm

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter believes gun violence in American cities should also be considered terrorism.Â (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly mayor: U.S. gun violence is also terrorism

Kelly Cohen · November 17, 2015 1:04 pm

"I would not characterize our first ministerial as any sort of deadline, and I think we will assess compliance with the written commitments as we go," Jeh Johnson said. (AP Photo)

U.S. will hold off on calling out Chinese over hacking

Rudy Takala · November 5, 2015 9:53 pm

In written testimony to the HouseÂ JudiciaryÂ Committee, Lynch said that the Justice Department has charged approximately 70 people with foreign fighter-related crimes since 2013.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lynch: Justice focused on cyber, white-collar, human trafficking crimes

Nicole Duran · October 28, 2015 3:38 pm

Letter was prompted by report saying the company knew in 1977 that burning fossil fuels would warm planet. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

Energy and Environment

Dems ask Justice to investigate ExxonMobil over climate change

Kyle Feldscher · October 16, 2015 5:52 pm

"This scheme to defraud taxpayers and manipulate the system is, unfortunately, only the latest example of unacceptable misconduct by VA employees," wrote Sen. Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Veterans' Affairs committee.Â (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Top Senate Dem asks attorney general to investigate ‘unethical’ behavior at VA

Daniel Chaitin · October 7, 2015 12:13 am

Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens to a reporters question during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, to announce resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the restoration of natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil platform explosion killed 11 and led to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, with up to a million gallons of oil per day spilling into the sea and washing up on the coastlines of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Attorney general blasts FBI leaks in Clinton email probe

Sarah Bedford · October 5, 2015 9:22 pm

The site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Energy and Environment

BP to pay $21 billion for Gulf oil spill

Kyle Feldscher · October 5, 2015 3:47 pm

Two senators are calling on Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate possible crimes committed by Volkswagen.Â (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Energy and Environment

Senators urge Justice to begin criminal probe against VW

Kyle Feldscher · September 28, 2015 7:56 pm

Cruz Prepares For Shutdown II

Michael Warren · September 24, 2015 6:18 pm

Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex. talks with fellow members on Capitol Hill in Washington before Pope Francis addressed to a joint meeting of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cruz warns of ISIS plants in Syrian refugees to U.S., ‘resist this effort’

Paul Bedard · September 24, 2015 2:31 pm

The pilot program includes $19.3 million to purchase body cameras. (AP photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

National Security

Justice awards $23 million for police body cameras

Kelly Cohen · September 22, 2015 8:10 pm