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California Raisins Busted by the USDA Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JAMES BOVARD: Obama seizing raisin crops

By James Bovard

In this June 29, 2010 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

David Petraeus in Justice Department crosshairs for criminal charges

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Obama lawyers go to court to fight Redskins over team name

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch questioned over secret deal depriving fraud victims of $40M

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Justice appealing ruling on DEA’s ‘reckless’ use of witness

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks during his meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington on Dec. 1. Mr. Obama said that in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old man in Ferguson, Missouri, he wants to make sure to build better trust between police and the communities they serve.(Associated Press)

Obama community policing effort falls short as funds mishandled, diverted

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Islamic State recruits broadly, not just fighters

By Eric Tucker and Sadie Gurman - Associated Press

A Native American dancer creates a selfie with President Barack Obama and chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe David Archambault, left, on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation Friday, June 13, 2014, photo in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Native American reservations get federal OK to grow, sell marijuana

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone is casting doubt on the account it published of a young woman who says she was gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party at the school, saying there now appear to be discrepancies in the student's account. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) **FILE**

Rapes on college campuses ‘underreported’

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former CIA director. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Former CIA directors, officials: Interrogations saved lives

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Robert Keszey (center), host of the Discovery Channel show "Swamp Brothers," faces more than a year in prison after prosecutors say he and another man tried to illegally sell and smuggle snakes across state lines.

Discovery Channel snake expert convicted for smuggling snakes

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

"I have repeatedly made clear that profiling by law enforcement is not only wrong, it is profoundly misguided and ineffective," said Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.. "Particularly in light of certain recent incidents we've seen at the local level, and the widespread concerns about trust in the criminal justice process, it's imperative that we take every possible action to institute strong and sound policing practices." (Associated Press)

Racial profiling guidelines slammed as overly broad, full of loopholes

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Calling attention to the recent deaths at the hands of police, protesters carry out a peaceful demonstration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The group confronted U.S. Capitol police officers, demanding to walk through the east plaza to raise awareness of their call for justice for black men who have died at the hands of white policemen. They were refused entry by senior officers and continued their march down city sidewalks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. Capitol protest on police killings: Marchers demand human rights investigation

By Connie Cass - Associated Press

Rep. Xavier Becerra, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

Bill strips Nazis of benefits approved

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Geoffrey "Jake" Commander (www.flickr.com/photos/sallypayne/2795214951/)

Anonymous hacking attack lands British rock guitarist in jail

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

A group of protesters with signs, rear, rally against the decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner as they mix with spectators near Rockefeller Center during a ceremony to light the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Eric Garner: Justice Department to investigate death

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, center, sits next to Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, left, and U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, right, while meeting with law enforcement and community leaders for a roundtable discussion at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in Atlanta. President Barack Obama instructed Holder to set up regional meetings on building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve in the wake of clashes between protesters and police in Ferguson, Missouri. The Atlanta event Monday is the first one. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Eric Holder announces plan to target racial profiling

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

Police arrest protester Derrick Robinson, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, in St. Louis. Protesters and police clashed following an NFL football game between the St. Louis Rams and the Oakland Raiders as protests continued following a grand jury's decision not to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Laurie Skrivan)

Obama calls for police body cameras, curbs on military equipment

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A Taser X26 stun gun is seen on a California Highway Patrol's belt. A 2011 Justice Department study on the use of Tasers and other nonlethal weapons concluded they can spare lives and injury for both suspects and officers. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Darren Wilson’s missing Taser renews debate over requiring nonlethal police tool

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder takes his seat as he attends the ceremonies for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Eric Holder promises ‘thorough’ civil-rights probe in Ferguson

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times