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FBI expects ‘diaspora’ of jihadists out of Syria

FBI Director James Comey says U.S. intelligence is bracing for a flood of jihadists who eventually will leave Syria.

May 3, 2014

Investigators use Peace Corps act to push for information on sexual assaults

In 2009, Peace Corps volunteer Kate Puzey was found on the porch of her hut with her throat slit shortly after she reported to authorities a colleague she suspected of molesting girls they had taught in the West African village.

May 1, 2014

Feds raid Denver pot shop suspected of cartel ties

DIn the first state to make recreational pot legal for sale, federal agents raided a Denver marijuana dispensary early Wednesday suspected of having ties to a Colombia drug cartel.

April 30, 2014

Holder, Justice Department to collect police data to evaluate racial bias

The Department of Justice will begin collecting law-enforcement data on stops, searches and arrests made in some U.S. cities to evaluate racial discrimination, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a video statement Monday.

April 28, 2014

GOP senators blast Obama for failing to enforce immigration laws

In an open letter, a group of nearly two dozen Republican senators called President Obama out for what they said was his failure to enforce the nation's immigration laws and for preparing to act unilaterally to limit deportations of illegal immigrants.

April 24, 2014

Holder cancels appearance in OKC amid angry protests

Attorney General Eric Holder canceled an appearance before the Oklahoma City Police Department’s graduating cadet class Thursday amid angry protests over his scheduled visit.

April 24, 2014

Justice Dept.’s new clemency guidelines: Crack offenders most obvious candidates

Those serving jail-time on crack cocaine charges are the most obvious candidates to seek clemency or presidential pardon under six new guidelines released by the Justice Department on Wednesday. How many else may qualify because of the revised policy proposed by Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama remains unclear, experts say.

April 23, 2014

Holder to overhaul clemency guidelines, possibly freeing thousands of inmates

In a move that could result in the prison release of hundreds or thousands of low-level drug offenders, the Justice Department said Monday that it will advise President Obama to widen his guidelines for granting clemency.

April 21, 2014

No rush: Bob Goodlatte waits for heads to cool on heated legislation

The Senate, supposedly Capitol Hill's more deliberative body, could take a lesson from Bob Goodlatte.

April 20, 2014

FBI failed to throughly vet Boston bombing suspect after Russian lead, report finds

Two years before the Boston Marathon bombings, the FBI failed to vet thoroughly information from Russian officials that one of the bombing suspects might have a link to terrorism, according to a recent Justice Department inspector general's report.

April 15, 2014

More Boston bomber types lurk, officials warn

The Boston Marathon bombings last year put a new face on terrorism: that of young, U.S.-raised misfits in search of a cause for which they can kill and die thousands of miles away from hotbeds of Islamic radicalism.

April 14, 2014

Justice Department will pursue federal hate crime charges in Kansas shooting

Federal prosecutors will file hate crime charges against a former Ku Klux Klan leader accused of gunning down three people Sunday outside a Jewish community center and a retirement complex near Kansas City, authorities said Monday.

April 14, 2014

Panel blasts Eric Holder for acting on his own, OKs less time for nonviolent drug crimes

The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved Thursday an amendment to reduce sentencing guidelines for certain nonviolent drug offenses, a unanimous decision that nonetheless included a sharp rebuke of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

April 10, 2014

Holder bypasses U.S. Sentencing Commission in mandatory minimums, angers U.S. Attorneys

U.S. Assistant Attorneys are infuriated over Attorney General Eric Holder's new sentencing guidelines for drug offenders.

April 10, 2014

Sheriffs warn of violence from Mexican cartels deep into interior of U.S.

Outmanned and outgunned, local law enforcement officers are alarmed by the drug and human trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping and money laundering that Mexican drug cartels are conducting in the U.S. far from the border.

April 9, 2014

Holder blames gun lobby for contempt of Congress vote

Attorney General Eric Holder blamed “the gun lobby” for being behind his 2012 contempt vote in Congress, in one of many heated exchanges with House Republicans Tuesday.

April 8, 2014

Congress, watchdogs stonewalled in probes of administration

The Obama administration has made it increasingly difficult for Congress and inspectors general to uncover government misdeeds and access information in various agencies, according to recent congressional testimony and reports.

April 3, 2014

Billionaire George Soros turns cash into legalized marijuana

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros hopes the U.S. goes to pot, and he is using his money to drive it there.

April 2, 2014

Another Fort Hood attack leaves 4 dead, 16 hurt

Four people including the gunman are dead after another shooting rampage at the same Texas Army base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 murder spree.