Glenn Fine Is Leaving Justice Department
As inspector general of the Justice Department for more than a decade, Glenn Fine was one of the most prominent watchdogs in the federal government.
View ArticleNo Criminal Charges Against Ensign
Lawyers for Nevada senator say Justice Department has said he 'is no longer a target of its investigation.'
View ArticleNominee for a Key Justice Department Post
This is President Obama's second attempt to name someone to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
View ArticleA Step to Deal With Prosecutors’ Misconduct
Justice Department creates unit to decide how to discipline career prosecutors if they are found guilty of intentionally violating rules.
View ArticleObama Acts on a Key Vacancy at Justice
The nominee, Lisa Monaco, would fill the position of assistant attorney general for the national security division, which coordinates law-enforcement work on terrorism and espionage matters.
View ArticleJustice Lawyers Cleared in Voting Case
Two members of the New Black Panther Party had been charged with illegally intimidating Philadelphia voters in November 2008.
View ArticleJustice Memo Upholds Libya Strikes
On the Libyan airstrikes, the president "could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest," a Justice Department memo says.
View ArticleConyers Releases Report on Panther Case
Study contains new details about a much-disputed voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party at a Philadelphia polling place in 2008.
View ArticleWhat Would Justice for John Edwards Mean?
Considering the case against John Edwards not as a legal matter, but as a larger question of justice.
View ArticleWhite House Rebuffs Calls for a Special Prosecutor
Investigations like the ones that Republicans are seeking into national security leaks can be enormously disruptive to a White House.
View ArticleJudge Criticizes Obama Administration as It Appeals Contraception Decision
A federal judge angrily accused the Obama administration on Tuesday of hurting poor and minority women by seeking to restrict their access to morning-after contraceptive pills.
View ArticleIn Manhattan, Obama Tells Supporters That He Intends to Govern
President Obama, in New York for fundraising for the Democratic Party, told audiences that progress was being stymied by a persistent wave of “hyper-partisanship” in Washington.
View ArticleThe Early Word: Fire
Political news from today's Times, plus a look at what's happening in Washington.
View ArticleWhite House Aide Calls Criticism of Obama ‘Offensive’
Dan Pfeiffer, a senior White House adviser, appeared on five network talk shows to mount a defense against Republican lawmakers who accused the president of mismanagement.
View ArticleWhite House Says Journalists Should Not Be Subject to Criminal Action in Leak...
The White House's statement on Tuesday was an effort to distance itself from a case in which a Fox News correspondent was targeted as a possible "co-conspirator" in a leak investigation.
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