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Andrea Noble

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Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, speaks alongside Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen during a news conference in Baltimore, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, to announce efforts to combat the MS-13 street gang with law enforcement and immigration actions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Sessions, Nielsen back merit-based immigration overhaul after NYC attack

The United States needs to reform its immigration system to better prevent terrorists from entering the country, said the attorney general and Department of Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday, pointing to the background of a Bangladeshi immigrant who attempted Monday to detonate a pipe bomb the New York City subway.

December 12, 2017
FILE - This file photo released Sept. 3, 2017, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen standing next to a sign in Arabic which reads, "Deir el-Zour welcomes you," in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. Syrian state media say the army has liberated the eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group. Friday's report says the military is now in full control of the long contested city. (SANA via AP, File)

Judge questions three-month detention of American enemy combatant

A federal judge was aghast over the Trump administration's assertion it could indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant without providing access to a lawyer, saying the Justice Department's defense of the practice amounted to "an end run" around the man's Constitutional rights.

December 11, 2017
FBI Director Christopher Wray was warned he was close to "walking into contempt of Congress" after refusing to comment on numerous matters involving Peter Strzok. (Associated Press)

Chris Wray, FBI chief, pressed by House Committee on agency’s political bias

FBI Director Christopher Wray rebuffed requests from Republican lawmakers Thursday for information about a key agent accused of political bias against President Trump and the role the man played in exonerating Hillary Clinton of criminal wrongdoing and in starting surveillance of Trump campaign officials.

December 7, 2017
Supporters of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act say it would give law-abiding citizens the ability to protect themselves when they travel, but critics say it eviscerates states' rights to uphold their own firearms standards by allowing gun owners who obtain permits in states with lesser requirements to carry in all 50 states. (Associated Press/File)

Concealed carry reciprocity bill passes House

The House delivered a win for gun rights groups Wednesday with the passage of legislation that would force states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by other states and would strengthen the federal gun background check system.

December 6, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, entitled: "Firearm Accessory Regulation and Enforcing Federal and State Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chuck Grassley seeks questionable texts of FBI agent Peter Strzok

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman has demanded the FBI turn over documents related to an agent who was removed from Robert Mueller's special counsel team after an internal probe found he sent messages that showed possible bias for Hillary Clinton and against President Trump.

December 6, 2017
A federal appeals court this year blocked a District of Columbia law that makes it difficult for gun owners to get concealed-carry permits by requiring them to show that they have a good reason to carry a weapon. (Associated Press/File)

House to vote on controversial Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act

House lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would force states to recognize concealed carry permits issued in other states, effectively undercutting restrictive local laws that require gun owners to prove a good reason in order to carry a firearm in public.

December 5, 2017
Special counsel Robert Mueller. (Associated Press/File)

Robert Mueller’s expenses to give critics fresh ammo

Special counsel Robert Mueller has locked in two guilty pleas and two criminal indictments in the seven months since he took over the investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election last year, but there is one statistic he has yet to make public: the investigation's cost.

December 4, 2017
President Trump said over the weekend that Michael Flynn's guilty plea showed no collusion between his aides and Russia and even took credit for dismissing Flynn in the first place for the same lies to which the former national security adviser pleaded guilty. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s FBI feud reignites

President Trump is renewing his feud with former FBI Director James B. Comey as House Republicans consider holding his successor, Christopher Wray, in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over records related to the Russia probe that secured its first high-profile conviction Friday.

December 3, 2017