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"We're going to have to come up with a plan for how we can afford those costs. Whether that's through taxes or whether that's through some sort of service cuts, there will have to be a plan that we can adopt in order to make this consent decree feasible," Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III said. "There's no use in signing a consent decree that you can't live up to." (Associated Press)

Justice Department’s Ferguson police reforms could cripple city financially

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington (Associated Press) **FILE**

Homeland Security, FBI employee data dumped in hack

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

With wanted posters off to the side, Laura E. Duffy, United States Attorney Southern District of California, and FBI Special Agent in Charge James L. Turgal Jr. announce July 9, 2012, the indictments on five suspects involved in the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in Tucson, Ariz. Terry's death brought to light a bungled federal gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge nixes Obama’s executive privilege claim over Fast and Furious records

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Dimitry Lazar fires his 9mm pistol at targets at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Justice Department sued for cross-checking gun buyers with terror lists

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Last week, Mr. Obama commuted the sentences of 95 people and pardoned two others. Nearly all of the offenders were convicted of drug-related offenses — mostly for charges related to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. (Associated Press)

Obama blasted by prosecutors group for releasing drug dealers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An Uber sign is displayed on a driver's car parked near the San Francisco International Airport parking area in San Francisco on July 15, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Justice Dept. probing Uber data breach: report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

An FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force member enters a home in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday afternoon. Dec. 17, 2015, where Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, was arrested on charges he attempted to provide support to the Islamic State group. Authorities say Aziz used Twitter to advocate violence against U.S. citizens and military members and to disseminate Islamic State propaganda. Federal prosecutors say a backpack in Aziz's closet contained five loaded high-capacity magazines, a modified kitchen knife, a thumb drive, medication and a balaclava, leading them to suspect he may have been plotting an attack.(James Robinson, /PennLive.com via AP)

Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, a Pennsylvania man, charged with providing material support to ISIS

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

Secret Service police stand guard outside the White House after a man was caught jumping the fence as President Barack Obama and his family ate Thanksgiving dinner, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Lee Robert Moore, Secret Service officer, indicted for sexting with minor: DOJ

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FBI Director James Comey listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) ** FILE **

FBI can access ‘the most intimate details of our lives’ without a warrant, says gag-order recipient

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on reforming the Federal Criminal Justice system by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BRETT TOLMAN, PAUL CASSELL, ERIC BENSON: Criminal justice reforms would improve public safety

By Brett Tolman and Paul Cassell and Eric Benson

Demonstrators chanted at Minneapolis police officers at the side entrance to the 4th Precinct station on Morgan Ave. N. Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Minneapolis, after a man was shot by Minneapolis police early Sunday morning, Black Lives Matters and others protested Sunday night. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)

Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis mayor, seeks federal investigation into shooting

By Amy Forliti and Kyle Potter - Associated Press

Executive Crook Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MATT KAISER: Being an executive is not a crime

By Matt Kaiser

Illustration on thecorruption of the justice system by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DAVID KEENE: Punishing the Obama way

By David Keene

United already holds 902 out of the 1,233 slots (73 percent) available at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. (Associated Press/File)

Justice Dept. sues to block United-Delta deal at Newark airport

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A customer tries new iPhone 6s on display at an Apple store in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Apple is counting on sales of the new iPhones to maintain its position as one of the most profitable, and valuable, companies in the world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Apple, Justice Dept. at odds over convicted drug dealer’s iPhone

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

"I would say the politics of it would be very, very, different if a bunch of lawyers or bankers were crossing the Rio Grande — or if a bunch of people with journalism degrees were coming over and driving down the wages in the press," said Sen. Ted Cruz. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz: Next president will get do-over on IRS-tea party investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Justice Department investigators said none of the witnesses they interviewed believed Lois G. Lerner acted out of political motives and that Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong." (Associated Press)

IRS tea party targeting accusations, legal issues persist after Justice ends probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lois Lerner's emails became an issue after she was singled out as a key figure in the IRS's treatment of tea party and conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status. The IRS improperly delayed hundreds of applications and sent out intrusive questionnaires asking what the agency now says were inappropriate inquiries. (Associated Press)

Lois Lerner will not face charges in Department of Justice investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, the newly appointed Marine Corps commandant, was given a pass on questions regarding punishment doled out to a Marine whistleblower. (Associated Press)

Marine commandant not questioned about reprisal for whistleblower

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley (AP Photo/File)

Chuck Grassley: Hillary Clinton email stonewalling is ‘absurd’ Justice obstruction

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times