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Prosecutors ask $197M fine for CITGO in 2006 spill

Associated Press

Schumer: Senate has votes for media shield law

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton laid out six questions that the IRS must answer, including the employees' names, why tea party groups were targeted for extra scrutiny and how the IRS has tried to prevent a repeat. (Associated Press/File)

Judge says Justice Dept failed to inform him

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

House Oversight Committee Republicans' new report accuses Lois G. Lerner of "reckless handling" of sensitive taxpayer information because she forwarded it from her government account to a private email. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder pressed for Lois Lerner interview details by Issa, Jordan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Ohio challenges feds’ effort to limit seclusion

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 10, 2011 file photo, Lynn Tilton is seen in Gorham, N.H. The Justice Department is building a corruption case against a flamboyant Wall Street financier who won millions of dollars in military contracts and then hired the Army officer who steered the money her way. Interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press portray entrepreneur Lynn Tilton and Col. Bert Vergez as being in unusually close contact for more than a year before Vergez retired from the Army in late 2012. Among the allegations is that Vergez provided Tilton with details about upcoming contracts to give her company, MD Helicopters of Mesa, Ariz., an advantage over the competition (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Feds probe colorful financier’s business dealings

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R.-Texas, speaks at a Cerro Gordo County Republican fundraiser at the Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa Tuesday, night, March 18, 2014. This is his fourth trip to Iowa in barely eight months _ and though he has refused to comment on a possible 2016 White House run, Cruz logging so much face time in the state that kicks off presidential voting hasn't gone unnoticed. (AP Photo/Globe Gazette, Jeff Heinz).

Ted Cruz blasts Justice Dept.: ‘Height of hypocrisy’ to deny special IRS investigator

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, file photo, the Chevy Cobalt moves on the assembly line at the Lordstown Assembly Plant Thursday Aug. 21, 2008. in Lordstown, Ohio. Toyota’s saga of recalls, investigations and lawsuits related to unintended acceleration foreshadows some of what General Motors faces as it resolves issues related to a faulty ignition switch linked to at least 12 deaths (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Toyota payment could be glimpse into GM’s future

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - This May 11, 1989 file photo shows Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh speaking to reporters outside U.S. District in Washington. Walsh, the Iran-Contra prosecutor who investigated Reagan officials, has died. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Lawrence Walsh, Iran-Contra prosecutor, has died

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

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Reid ups stakes in CIA-Senate clash with request for forensics test

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

DOJ asks US justices to reinstate abortion law

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

New York City fire department firefighter John Coombs, left, president of Vulcan Society, a black firefighters' group that had sued the city over racial discrimination and FDNY Lt. Michael Marshall, right, participate in a news conference in New York to announce a settlement of the 7-year-old case, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in New York. About 1,500 minorities who took New York City Fire Department entrance exams in 1999 and 2002, that were found to be biased, will be eligible to receive back pay totaling $98 million and Marshall will serve as a diversity advocate. (AP Photo/Warren Levinson)

NYC fire department settles discrimination lawsuit

By JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder unknowingly used incorrect data in October 2012 when touting the Justice Department's successes in fighting mortgage fraud. (Associated press)

Justice Department overstated mortgage fraud successes

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Obama's surgeon general nominee. (AP Photo/courtesy of Brigham and Women's Hospital)

White House ‘recalibrating strategy’ on Obama’s surgeon general nominee

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy

With delay of surgeon general, NRA flexes election-year clout in Senate

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Future of Wash. medical marijuana system in doubt

By BOB YOUNG - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)

EXCLUSIVE: FBI blocked in corruption probe involving Sens. Reid, Lee

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

"Current law invites undue influence from the attorney general's office into the process and should be changed to ensure the integrity of investigations of misconduct within the Justice Department."
— Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican

Justice Department refuses info on hundreds of prosecutor misconduct cases

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

AP among First Amendment award winners

By JENNIFER C. KERR - Associated Press