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In this Sept. 23, 2016, file photo, Muslim worshippers pray during a service at the Bernards Township Community Center in Basking Ridge, N.J. Bernards Township, N.J., will pay $3.25 million to the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to settle a lawsuit over the township's denial of a permit to build a mosque, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Under the settlement, the group will be allowed to build the mosque and the town agreed to limit zoning restrictions placed on houses of worship. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

New Jersey town to pay $3.25M, issue mosque permit to Muslim group after earlier rejection

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE – In this Sept. 23, 2016, file photo, Muslim worshippers pray during a service at the Bernards Township Community Center in Basking Ridge, N.J. Bernards Township, N.J., will pay $3.25 million to the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to settle a lawsuit over the township's denial of a permit to build a mosque, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Under the settlement, the group will be allowed to build the mosque and the town agreed to limit zoning restrictions placed on houses of worship. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Town that denied mosque permit to pay Islamic group $3.25M

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Justice Department rules in favor of Islamic Society of Basking Ridge in mosque case

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

This February 2011 photo shows U.S. attorney Steven H. Cook of Maryville, Tenn. Cook, a zealous prosecutor who played a key role in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals, is now turning his attention to hate crimes, marijuana and the ways law enforcement seizes suspects’ cash and property. Cook’s hardline views on criminal justice were fortified as a cop on the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. (Robert WIlson/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

Zealous prosecutor leading review of violent crime in cities

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Kuwaiti company agrees to pay $95 million in fraud case

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Kuwaiti company settles claims of troop food contract fraud

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officials on Thursday, May 25, 2017 in Memphis, Tenn. Sessions issued a warning Thursday to gang members in Tennessee and around the country, saying that their criminal networks will be devastated as police and prosecutors take a stronger stance on fighting violent crime. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Attorney general warns gang members: ‘We’re targeting you’

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

"This Department of Justice will continue to vigorously defend the power and duty of the Executive Branch to protect the people of this country from danger, and will seek review of this case in the United States Supreme Court," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a statement issued Thursday. (Associated Press/File)

Trump admin. asks judge to reconsider sanctuary city ruling post DOJ memo

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Trump Justice Department budget calls for 300 more prosecutors for violent crime, immigration

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Protesters hold up signs outside a courthouse where a federal judge will hear arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities Friday, April 14, 2017, in San Francisco. U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick has scheduled a hearing on Friday on San Francisco's request for a court order blocking the Trump administration from cutting off funds to any of the nation's so-called sanctuary cities. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Justice Department releases guidance defining ‘sanctuary city’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rod Rosenstein tells Congress about James Comey’s firing: ‘It was appropriate to seek a new leader’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told senators that the president was intending to fire FBI Director James B. Comey. (Associated Press)

Robert Mueller takes Russia case as criminal investigation

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Rachel Brand confirmed by Senate as associate attorney general at DOJ

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

This Jan. 27, 2012, file photo shows the words 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (Work Sets You Free) at the main entrance of the Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp on the international Holocaust remembrance day in Oranienburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Jakiw Palij, accused Nazi guard living in New York, facing requests for deportation

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Pay no attention to the umbrella: President Obama says sunny days are here again. (Associated Press)

Obama DOJ refused to hire veterans for jobs: Investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, following his short trip on Marine One from nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump was returning to Washington after speaking at today's U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump says Russia probe will find no collusion

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, on the controversies surrounding President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey and his sharing of classified information with two Russian diplomats during a meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schumer cheer Robert Mueller choice as special counsel

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General-designate, federal prosecutor Rod Rosenstein, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rod Rosenstein praised by Charles Schumer for naming special counsel

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The Latest: Rights group eager to resume work for immigrants

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The Latest: Schimel didn’t understand rape kit question

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