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Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division for the Justice Department Tony West speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed shutdown forces courts into ‘limbo land’

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** The F-35 stealth jet. (U.S. Air Force via Associated Press)

Lawmakers ask Pentagon why 5% of Defense workers still on furlough

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

The federal government's Amber Alert website, seen here in a screen capture from Monday afternoon, was restored after being shut down since the previous night.

Amber Alert website briefly shut down due to furloughs

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supreme Court term begins with contentious topics

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Ben Carson, right, speaking at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, where he burst on the national scene when he criticized Obamacare with President Obama himself seated nearby on the dais. (Courtesy of C-SPAN)

The long line of conservatives targeted by the IRS

By John Solomon and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Fast and Furious lawsuit can proceed, judge tells Obama administration

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Attorney General Eric Holder sees FBI furloughs possible in shutdown

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, John D. Simmons)

Justice Dept. to sue North Carolina over GOP-backed voting rules

By Dave Boyer and Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Takashi Nishioka, Mitsubishi Motors' new chairman and CEO, is surrounded by reporters after a news conference a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 28, 2005, to announce the Japanese automaker's business revitalization plan. (Associated Press)

Justice cracks down on collusion among parts makers

By Nathan Porter - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Louisiana school voucher fight: Justice Dept. vs. poor kids

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Employees and officials of US Airways and American Airlines gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to show their support for the companies' planned $11 billion merger and press the Justice Department to drop its opposition. (PRNEWSFOTO)

Airlines’ rally lands on Capitol Hill

By Nathan Porter - The Washington Times

KLOSTER/BURKE: DOJ uses decades-old accusations of racism as a club again

By Andrew Kloster and Lindsey M. Burke

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

NSA violated court rules on collecting phone call data

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Blowing hot and cold on devotion to states’ rights

By Robert Knight

** FILE ** A caregiver picks out a marijuana bud for a patient at a marijuana dispensary in Denver on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Feds experiment with drugs, mellow out on state marijuana laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Crushing school choice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** United States Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to the American Bar Association Annual meeting on Aug. 12, 2013, in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Texas two-step

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Holder, Justice should help settle marijuana legalization battle: Leahy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: Saving consumers from lower prices

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times

**FILE** American Airlines and US Airways jets prepare for flight at a gate at the Philadelphia International Airport on Feb. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama delays a merger

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES