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SENTENCE PENDING: Antwuan Ball, convicted of a $600 drug deal, faces 40 years in prison.

Civil libertarians seek high court review of Antwuan Ball’s harsh drug sentence

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in an email to employees that bonuses were an appropriate way for taxpayers to reward the agency that polices them. "I believe that rewarding our high-performing employees is a vital investment for our nation's tax system," he said. (Associated Press)

IRS to pay $50K to the National Organization for Marriage for donor leaks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

IRS Flying eMail Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

SEKULOW & CLARK: ‘Lost’ IRS emails show missing government credibility

By Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark

In this image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Background check firm that vetted Snowden faces fraud, bonus pay investigation

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Federal prosecutors won a new 18-count indictment against accused Benghazi attacker Ahmed Abu Khatallah on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (Associated Press)

Benghazi suspect will face civilian court

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Military personnel have their identification checked as they enter the Washington Navy Yard on Thursday, three days after a gunman opened fire inside a building and killed 12 people in September 2013. (Associated Press)

IG audit finds background checks problematic for federal contractors

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this Nov. 21, 2013, photo, newly-elected Rep. Vance McAllister, R-La., waits to be sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Watchdog seeks probe after lawmaker’s cash-for-votes remark

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers his keynote address at a tribal conference on the campus of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D., on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Holder says the Justice Department and the Obama administration have &quot;fought to protect natural resources and water rights on tribal lands ... and prioritized the resolution of longstanding legal disputes.&quot; He says the administration also has helped tribal authorities &quot;combat violence against Native women.&quot; (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)

FEULNER: The disastrous tenure of ‘Obama’s Enforcer’

By Ed Feulner

** FILE ** This Jan. 29, 2014, file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Paul Gosar’s crusade: Impeach Eric Holder

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, before a House Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the FBI fiscal 2015 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FBI opens criminal probe of VA after scandal

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, before the House Armed Services Committee. Hagel faced angry lawmakers becoming the first Obama administration official to testify publicly about the controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top officials sought Justice Dept.’s OK for Bergdahl-Taliban swap

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers his keynote address at a tribal conference on the campus of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D., on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Holder says the Justice Department and the Obama administration have &quot;fought to protect natural resources and water rights on tribal lands ... and prioritized the resolution of longstanding legal disputes.&quot; He says the administration also has helped tribal authorities &quot;combat violence against Native women.&quot; (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)

Holder proposes expanding shorter prison terms for convicted drug offenders

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 25, 2007 file photo shows an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq. After years of delays, four former guards from the security firm Blackwater Worldwide are facing trial in the killings of 14 Iraqi civilians and the wounding of 18 others in bloodshed that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe. Whether the shootings were self-defense or an unprovoked attack, the carnage of Sept. 16, 2007 was seen by critics of the George W. Bush administration as an illustration of a war gone horribly wrong. A trial in the nearly 7-year-old case is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Wednesday, barring last-minute legal developments. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

7 years later, Blackwater guards go on trial

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

Convicted murderer wins legal battle against Justice Department

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Obama presidency's increasing secrecy and censorship by Alexander Hunter/the Washington Times

BOVARD: Caught between secrecy and censorship

By James Bovard

Correction: Arizona immigration law story

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

House votes to defund DOJ program that snagged legitimate gun dealers, businesses

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Seattle police sue Eric Holder over crackdown on powers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama (left) speaks Feb. 9, 2012, in Washington about a settlement with the nation's five largest banks over foreclosures. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is in the background. (Associated Press)

Operation Choke Point targets businesses administration doesn’t like

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

The Justice Department, headed by Eric Holder (pictured), is being sued by legal watchdog group in relation to the Fast and Furious whistle-blower scandal.

Justice Dept. sued by legal watchdog on behalf of Fast and Furious whistle-blower

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times