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Hillary Rodham Clinton turned over about 30,000 email messages in December, while her aides turned over more than 100,000 pages between them, with the final set only being returned, by Huma Abedin, earlier this month, the State Department said in court filings. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails: FBI refuses to cooperate in server probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2014 file photo, police arrest a man as they disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo. Police antagonized crowds gathered to protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report summary published Tuesday, June 30, 2015 by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Police dogs barred from crowd-control duty in St. Louis following review of Ferguson protests

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This April 1, 2014, file photo shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

GM will pay $900 million over ignition switch scandal

By Tom Hays and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

The Justice Department's guidance, issued months into the tenure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, appears aimed at turning the page from some of the criticism that dogged her predecessor, Eric Holder, in the aftermath of the largest economic meltdown since the Great Depression. (Associated Press)

Justice Dept. encourages prosecutions of corporate execs

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

The Stingray, manufactured by Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Florida, is a cellular site simulator used for surveillance. (Associated Press/File)

Use of StingRay cellphone trackers draws privacy concerns

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A protester yells at police outside the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department on Aug. 11, 2014, during a demonstration sparked by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Justice Dept.’s Ferguson report shows police what not to do

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo a &quot;Vote Early&quot; sign is held up by supporters at a rally for President Barack Obama in Youngstown, Ohio. Civil-rights groups have settled their legal dispute with Ohio’s elections chief over laws that trimmed early voting opportunities in the political battleground state. The agreement between Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Ohio Chapter of the NAACP and other plaintiffs maintains elimination of the so-called &quot;golden week&quot; in which individuals could have both registered and voted, but adds voting opportunities on multiple Sundays and evenings ahead of the general election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bloated U.S. voter rolls could lead to lawsuits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Edward Snowden, Navy Yard shooter background-check company will forfeit $30M in settlement

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on homelessness and cruel and unusual punishment by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

GERALD WALPIN: Justice Department defends homeless sleeping on streets

By Gerald Walpin

Oscar Pistorius, center, greets his uncle Arnold Pistorius, right, and other family members as he is led down to the cells of the court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Pistorius received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide by judge Thokozile Masipais for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool)

Oscar Pistorius release put on hold by South African justice department

By Gerald Imray and Lynsey Chutel - Associated Press

Hillary Clinton (Associated Press/File)

Hillary Clinton jokes about emails with Snapchat, ‘I love it’ messages disappear ‘all by themselves’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is seen here on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Zachary Hammond: Feds to investigate fatal police shooting of white teen

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FBI Director James Comey speaks at agency headquarters in Washington on March 25, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

29 indicted on drug-related charges in North Dakota, California

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

This Aug. 9, 2011, file photo shows a Wall Street street sign near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Hackers worked with Wall Street to make $30M off insider trading, feds charge

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Ferguson, Missouri, was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots. (Associated Press)

Ferguson protests, problems persist on one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, file photo, a Black Hawk helicopter of the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift & "Dust Off," Charlie Company 1-71 Aviation Regiment, returns from a mission at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File) ** FILE **

Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin, former Russian fighter, convicted of terrorism charges for Afghan battle

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

Petty Officer First Class Ian Regnier (above left) carries the remains of Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Joseph Strange, a cryptology technician, killed alongside members of SEAL Team 6 when their helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan in 2011 (bottom). The families of Strange and the other victims are demanding the White House release documents relevant to the incident. (Associated Press)

Obama stonewalls SEAL Team 6 Extortion 17 helicopter crash probe, watchdog says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Astronaut and former Sen. John Glenn says that inspectors general require "unfettered access" to investigate the agencies they are supposed to monitor rather than getting permission from agencies to do so. (Associated Press)

Inspectors general push Congress to protect watchdogs from Obama admin

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Astronaut and former Sen. John Glenn says that inspectors general require "unfettered access" to investigate the agencies they are supposed to monitor rather than getting permission from agencies to do so. (Associated Press)

Inspectors general want Congress to protect their oversight power

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Questions are mounting over why the Justice Department has not yet opened a criminal investigation against Hillary Rodham Clinton for mishandling a mountain of classified information. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails: Calls mount for criminal investigation amid data breach fears

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times