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Baltimore police union suggests fixes after DOJ report

Associated Press

Detroit Diesel fined for alleged Clean Air Act violations

Associated Press

A man, right, live streams video of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers as he walks outside Bank of America Stadium, where people were protesting, in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. The Carolina Panthers hosted an NFL football game with the Minnesota Vikings at the stadium. When the national anthem was played, the protesters all dropped to one knee as many NFL players have been doing for weeks to call attention to issues, including police shootings. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

Justice Dept.: Background checks, citizenship requirements hindering police diversity

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Harold Martin, NSA contractor, accused of taking classified gov’t information

By Tami Abdollah and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

US Justice Department backs Nevada tribes on voting test

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice, right, speaks with members of the media after a roundtable discussion with representatives from various social work and mental health agencies, in Charleston, W.Va. On Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, federal officials announced that they've reached a settlement requiring $5 million in upgrades to prevent further pollution by Appalachian coal mines owned by Justice. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced the settlement with Southern Coal Corporation and 26 affiliates on Friday. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

Gubernatorial hopeful’s coal mines settle with feds

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Henry Williams, father of Darrius Stewart, talks about his son on the courthouse steps, in Memphis, Tenn. U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton told reporters, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, that a federal review found insufficient evidence to file charges in the July 2015 shooting of Darrius Stewart by Officer Connor Schilling. Stanton added that the federal review by the Justice Department found that Schilling did not willfully deprive Stewart of his rights. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

Prosecutor: No federal charges in police killing in Memphis

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Lawyer for man killed by cop in Wal-Mart to meet with Lynch

Associated Press

Police fire teargas as protestors converge on downtown following Tuesday's police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Protesters have rushed police in riot gear at a downtown Charlotte hotel and officers have fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least one person was injured in the confrontation, though it wasn't immediately clear how. Firefighters rushed in to pull the man to a waiting ambulance.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Charlotte police insist protesters have wrong story on shooting

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, file photo, suspected illegal immigrants are transferred out of the holding area after being processed at the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

DHS ponders end to private prisons for illegal immigrant detainees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White supremacists once again can easily access Stormfront.org, the internet's oldest-operating hate site, after its sudden disappearance last month. (Associated Press/File)

DOJ widens KickassTorrents probe, charges three Ukrainians in global copyright-infringement case

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Screen capture from a DOJ training video released on August 24, 2016, titled, "Law Enforcement and the Transgender Community - CRS Roll Call Training Video"

DOJ police-training video on transgender interactions highlights public bathroom complaint

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Trousdale Turner Correctional Center is shown Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Hartsville, Tenn. Tennessee's newest prison has had to halt new admissions after just four months of full operation. A memorandum from a state prison official about the privately run facility says guards there do not have control of the housing units, aren't counting inmates correctly, and are sending them to solitary confinement for no documented reason. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ** FILE **

Justice Dept. to end use of privately run prisons

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The Idaho Correctional Center is shown south of Boise, Idaho, operated by Corrections Corporation of America. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield, File)

Justice Department plan to phase out private prisons won’t affect Homeland Security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 18, 2016, file photo, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort walks around the convention floor before the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump campaign chairman, tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying: AP sources

By Jeff Horwitz and Desmond Butler - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, photo, a pedestrian walks past a sign for Aetna Inc., at the company headquarters in Hartford, Conn. Aetna will become the latest health insurer to chop its participation in the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges when it trims its presence to four states for 2017, from 15 this year. The nation’s third-largest insurer said late Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, that a second-quarter pre-tax loss of $200 million from its individual insurance coverage helped it decide to limit exposure to the exchanges, which also have generated losses for UnitedHealth Group and Anthem, among other carriers. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Aetna tied Obamacare participation to contentious merger in July

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 5, 2016, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

WikiLeaks asks DOJ to end Julian Assange investigation

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A new report found that the Justice Department rejected three FBI requests to probe the Clinton Foundation. (Associated Press)

Justice Department denied FBI requests to investigate Clinton Foundation

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this April 29, 2015, file photo, police stand in formation as a curfew approaches in Baltimore. Baltimore police officers routinely discriminate against blacks, repeatedly use excessive force and are not adequately held accountable for misconduct, according to a harshly critical Justice Department report being presented Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Baltimore police’s discriminatory policies ‘deeply eroded’ community relations: Justice Department

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Justice Department lawyers to take remedial ethics classes after misleading judge in amnesty case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times