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Holder, Rand Paul discuss criminal justice changes

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Federal judge mulls delay of Texas voter ID trial

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State Rep. Jon Richards, a Democratic candidate for Wisconsin attorney general, takes a question from reporters on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Milwaukee Press Club. Richards pledged to be an attorney general who'd safeguard consumer rights and crack down on the spread of illegal drugs. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)

Wis. AG candidate Richards offers populist tone

By DINESH RAMDE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 photo Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks about the state's proof-of-citizenship law at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. In a case with broad implications for voting rights, Kobach is trying to force federal elections officials to require proof-of-citizenship documentation from Kansas and Arizona residents who register to vote using the federal form. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Judge to decide proof-of-citizenship voting rule

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Holder called on a group of states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of a push to fix what he sees as flaws in the criminal justice system that have a disparate impact on racial minorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AG urges restoring voting rights to ex-inmates

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing oversight hearing on the Justice Department. As attorney general, Holder has approved pursuing the death penalty in at least 34 criminal cases, upholding a long-ago pledge to Congress that he would vigorously enforce federal law even though he’s not a proponent of capital punishment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Eric Holder: Return voting rights to felons after release

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year. The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he’s an American citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it has not completed. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama officials weigh drone attack on US suspect

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

NJ city, feds near deal on outside police monitor

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, calls the Justice Department's move "another example of the Obama administration imposing its will on the states."

Same-sex benefits move stirs partisan rift, creates concern with states’ rights

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing oversight hearing on the Justice Department. As attorney general, Holder has approved pursuing the death penalty in at least 34 criminal cases, upholding a long-ago pledge to Congress that he would vigorously enforce federal law even though he&#8217;s not a proponent of capital punishment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department to extend same-sex marriage rights to all states

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

Holder applies same-sex marriage ruling to Justice

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

Senate panel approves civil rights nominee

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio questions Deputy Attorney General James Cole on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, during the committee's hearing on Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Justice Dept. denies briefing Obama on IRS targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., asks questions at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Menendez paid a law firm $250,000 in December 2013 for legal costs related to Justice Department and Senate Ethics Committee investigations into his ties with a major campaign donor. The Democrat also has set up a legal trust to raise money as the investigations continue. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Menendez sets up fund for ethics, Justice probes

By HENRY C. JACKSON - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, Deputy Attorney General James Cole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department on Jan. 30, 2014, asked lawyers around the country to help some drug prisoners prepare petitions for clemency, a dramatic expansion of President Barack Obama’s action last month commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences. (AP Photo/File)

Justice Dept dramatically expanding clemency use

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** FILE ** In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, Deputy Attorney General James Cole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department on Jan. 30, 2014, asked lawyers around the country to help some drug prisoners prepare petitions for clemency, a dramatic expansion of President Barack Obama’s action last month commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences. (AP Photo/File)

Justice bars lawyer from testifying before House panel in IRS probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Rangers find a place to eat their first hot meal in days while tolerating the rain during mountaineering training. US Army photo

U.S. troops in Iraq fed ice from unsanitized morgue trailers: Justice Dept.

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (FBI)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev death penalty decision in Eric Holder’s hands

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

HOLDING: "All the options that we have are on the table," says Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who insists his department's inquiry into the IRS is free from politics. (Associated Press)

Attorney General Eric Holder won’t rule out criminal charges for employees in IRS scandal

The Washington Times

Government to track down thieves in Target breach

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