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Justice Department To Continue Investigating Eric Garner's Death
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Federal Ferguson Investigation Will Remain Independent, Holder Insists
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Ferguson Readies For Grand Jury Decision
Monday, November 24, 2014
Holder Calls For Calm As Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Looms
Friday, November 21, 2014
Attorney General Eric Holder is urging law enforcement officers and protesters to keep the peace as a grand jury decision nears about whether to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for shooting dead a black 18-year-old who was unarmed in Ferguson, Mo.
For months, federal officials in Washington, D.C., have ...
Brooklyn Prosecutor Could Be Nominated Attorney General In Coming Days
Thursday, November 06, 2014
GOP Takes Control Of Senate With Wins in N.C., Iowa, Ark., Colo.
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
This story was updated at 1:02 a.m. ET
Republicans have picked up the seats they needed to retake control of the Senate and then some, with major victories in North Carolina, Iowa, Colorado and Arkansas, and added to their margin in the U.S. House.
The big numbers from the ...
New Attorney General Not Likely Until 2015
Monday, November 03, 2014
Officials in the U.S. Senate and the executive branch increasingly expect the next attorney general to win confirmation in 2015, rather than pushing a candidate through during the lame-duck session of Congress later this year.
The current occupant of the job, Eric Holder, nodded to that likely possibility last week ...
Security Beefed Up At Federal Buildings Across U.S.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Privacy Advocates Don't Buy FBI's Warning About Encryption Practices
Friday, October 17, 2014
Justice Department's Civil Rights Division To Get Interim Leader
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Labor Secretary Eyed As White House Searches To Replace Attorney General
Friday, October 10, 2014
NPR has learned Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is a top candidate to be the next attorney general. Three sources familiar with the process say the issue is on the desk of President Obama, who has yet to decide among a relatively short list of options.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz ...
Understated Justice Department Lawyer Emerges As Key Player
Friday, October 03, 2014
He's argued controversial cases involving same-sex marriage, the secrecy of the U.S. drone campaign, and the legality of the bulk-surveillance programs for American phone records. But he's still far from a household name. Now, though, with his recent promotion to serve as the third in command at the Justice Department, ...
With The End In Sight, Holder Reflects On His Legacy
Sunday, September 28, 2014
A day after Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation, he made a long-planned visit to Scranton, Penn.
That's where he won his first big trial as a young public corruption prosecutor nearly 40 years ago. And he says coming to this federal courthouse now, returning to the site of ...
Despite A Bumpy Tenure, Holder Had A Broad Impact
Friday, September 26, 2014
Victories For LGBT, Civil Rights Among Holder's Legacy
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Domestic Violence Protections Still Resonate 20 Years After Crime Bill
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Twenty years ago today, former President Bill Clinton signed a massive crime-control bill that funded shelters for battered women and helped train police to investigate attacks. The anniversary of the law falls on a week when violence against women is front and center in the national conversation.
First, the Baltimore ...