Topic - U.S. Department Of Justice

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  Federal court dismisses lawsuit over Va. congressional redistricting

  A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by six Virginia residents asking the court to step in and draw new lines for the state's 11 congressional districts.

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  MURDOCK: Holder takes on 'racist' photo-ID cards

  A bunch of racists in South Carolina are trying to hold down blacks by forcing them, and everybody else, to show photo identification before they can vote. Astonishing.

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  Senegal president spends $200K to lobby U.S.

  Several months before a Senegalese court was scheduled to rule on one of the most divisive issues facing the nation, the country's aging president took extra care to ensure that his interpretation of the law would prevail not only in Senegal, but also in Washington.

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  Va. redistricting woes prompt possible change to '12 elections

  The House Privileges and Elections Committee approved a bill Friday that would push the state's 2012 congressional primaries from June to August in anticipation of a possible delay from the U.S. Department of Justice in pre-clearing a recently approved map.

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  Virginia, DOJ reach settlement on care for disabled

  Virginia has reached a wide-ranging settlement with the Justice Department over its system for treating the intellectually and developmentally disabled, agreeing to close four training centers, downsize another and provide thousands of additional waiver slots to help move people from institutional-based settings to community care.

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  Community care boosted in agreement on disabled in Virginia

  Virginia has reached a wide-ranging settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over its system for treating the intellectually and developmentally disabled, forestalling a federal lawsuit on charges the state needlessly institutionalized many people instead of placing them in community-based care.

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  Feds charge ex-Kosovo man in Florida terror plot

  A 25-year-old man from the former Yugoslavia was charged with plotting a radical Islamic attack on crowded locations around Tampa, including nightclubs and a sheriff's office, with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives, federal authorities said Monday.

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  Va. presidential ballot certification to be challenged

  A former Democratic Party of Virginia chairman is teaming up with a conservative group to challenge the certifications of Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul for the March 6 presidential primary ballot after a long weekend of hand wringing over the Republican Party of Virginia's stringent qualification requirements.

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  Judge to hear arguments in racial-profiling case against Arpaio's office

  A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in a lawsuit that alleges racial profiling in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration patrols, a week after federal authorities accused the sheriff's office of a wide range of civil rights violations.

• A lot happened in a year in Ohio State scandal

  It started with a few kids who wanted tattoos. The owner of the tattoo parlor wasn't necessarily a big Buckeyes fan, but he liked having them around.

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  Economy Briefs

  Wells Fargo will pay $148.2 million to settle federal and state charges that it rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from cities and counties.

• Bill would make drug price gouging a federal crime

  Price gouging on prescription drugs already in short supply would become a federal crime under legislation about to be introduced.

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  SPAKOVSKY: Voter ID is a good idea after all

  Do laws that require citizens to present valid identification to vote create an undue hardship? Worse, are they racist? Artur Davis used to think so. He represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011 and was an active member of the Congressional Black Caucus. He vigorously opposed voter ID laws.

• Inside Politics

  President Obama has a Sin City problem that won't go away.

• California circuit court won't rehear case on cross memorial

  A federal appeals court declined to rehear the case of a war memorial cross in a public park in San Diego that was deemed unconstitutional, but a group trying to preserve the monument vowed Monday to appeal to the Supreme Court.

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