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

FBI faces several challenges with cybersecurity program

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this May 7, 2015 photo, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., speaks during a My Brother's Keeper town hall at the School of the Future in Philadelphia. Fattah, an 11-term Democrat from Philadelphia, was indicted Wednesday, July 29, 2015, on charges that he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign funds. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Chaka Fattah, Philadelphia congressman, indicted in racketeering case

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech, Friday, July 24, 2015, at the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

DONALD LAMBRO: Hillary Clinton’s campaign rollout was eclipsed by bad news

By Donald Lambro

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a rare freedom of being able to stay in the race longer than most with a self-funded campaign. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of ‘criminal’ activity in email scandal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In a speech last week outlining her economic agenda, Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed that, if elected president, she would crack down on Wall Street and more vigorously pursue criminal charges against corporate titans who break the law. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton email account had classified info: IG

By David Sherfinski and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The president said that &quot;it's a mistake&quot; to think efforts to stamp out poverty have failed and the government is powerless to address it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama administration restricts investigative powers of inspectors general

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Muhammadu Buhari

Boko Haram fight may require U.S. to train Nigerian forces

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

"There's one way and one way only to get sanctuary cities to comply with federal law, and that's to withhold some of the federal funds they actually want," said Rep. Duncan Hunter, the California Republican who wrote the bill. "Plain and simple, if they want the federal money, then they need to comply with federal law." (Associated Press)

Sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants would lose federal funding under proposed bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks with the media in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Justice Dept. to Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Speak Spanish in jails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Celebrate Liberty Month: Federalism and criminal law

By John S. Baker Jr.

In this April 10, 2015, file photo, Blue Bell ice cream rests on a grocery store shelf in Lawrence, Kansas. In the wake of a deadly listeria outbreak in ice cream, the Justice Department is warning food companies that they could face criminal and civil penalties if they poison their customers. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Justice Dept.: Food companies risk prosecution for outbreaks

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the department, in this April 28, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security chief, others ordered to court by judge

By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press

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

James Comey, FBI director: Encryption technology fosters furtive terrorist talks

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., shakes hands with a Maryland State Trooper Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in the aftermath of rioting following Monday's funeral for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Elijah Cummings seeks Justice Dept. clarification on police arrest procedures

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens members of the media's questions on the recent church shooting in Charleston, S.C., during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Loretta Lynch: Justice Dept. to expand Eric Holder’s anti human-trafficking pilot program

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, in this Monday, June 16, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo, File)

Virginia teen caught teaching extremists how to covertly fund Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

This handout photo provided by the US Marshals Service shows Director Stacia Hylton. Hylton says she plans to retire in the coming months. She has served since January 2011 as leader of the agency, which is responsible for protecting federal courthouses, transporting prisoners and capturing fugitives. (S. Craig Crawford/US Marshals Service via AP)

Stacia Hylton, U.S. Marshals director, retires amid mismanagement probe

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton

JUDSON PHILLIPS: What did Hillary know, when did she know it?

By Judson Phillips

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but four states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational purposes. Nearly half the states, the District and Guam have medicinal pot programs. (Associated Press)

Marijuana votes signal growing support in Congress for legalized pot protections

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times