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Governor says Alabama ‘working’ to avoid prison lawsuit

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, white nationalist demonstrators clash with counter-demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Prosecutors seek prison terms for Virginia rally attackers

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Lee Elbaz arrives at federal court for jury selection in her trial in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday July 16, 2019. Elbaz was CEO of an Israel-based company called Yukom Communications. She is accused of engaging in a scheme to dupe investors through the sale and marketing of financial instruments known as &quot;binary options.&quot; (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Prosecutor: Israeli woman oversaw $145M investor fraud plot

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Gwen Carr, mother of chokehold victim Eric Garner, left, speaks outside the U.S. Attorney's office, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, as Garner's widow Esaw Snipes listens at right, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Federal prosecutors won't bring civil rights charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, in the 2014 chokehold death of Garner, a decision made by Attorney General William Barr and announced one day before the five-year anniversary of his death, officials said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Eric Garner’s mother, Kamala Harris slam DOJ decision in case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 14, 2017, file photo, protesters hold up signs outside a courthouse in San Francisco. A federal appeals court has given the Trump administration a rare legal win in its efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities. In a 2-1 decision Friday, July 12, 2019, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Justice Department was within its rights to give priority status for multimillion-dollar community policing grants to departments that agree to cooperate with immigration officials. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Appeals court gives Trump a win in sanctuary city case

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks to reporters after touring the Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution Monday, July 8, 2019, in Edgefield, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Second judge blocks request to change lawyers in census case

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 23, 2019 file photo, immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington. A New York judge says the Justice Department can't change lawyers so late in the dispute over whether to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Judge Jesse Furman ruled Tuesday, July 9, 2019, saying lawyers must cite satisfactory reasons for withdrawing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judge stops government lawyers quitting census question case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks at the U.S. Attorneys' National Conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

William Barr checks with DOJ ethics officials, decides not to recuse himself from Epstein case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this courtroom artist's sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein, center, sits with attorneys Martin Weinberg, left, and Marc Fernich during his arraignment in New York federal court, Monday, July 8, 2019. Epstein pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges. The 66-year-old is accused of creating and maintaining a network that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls from 2002 to 2005. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

1 Justice Department, 2 views on sex charges against Epstein

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for his Bedminster, N.J. golf club, Friday, July 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts census, Obama-Biden record

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison Monday, July 8, 2019, in Edgefield, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Barr: Mueller’s Hill testimony will be ‘public spectacle’

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on his way returning back to the White House, Sunday, July 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

ACLU fights Trump lawyer change in census citizenship case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2019, file photo, the Trump International Hotel near sunset in Washington. The Justice Department is challenging a District of Columbia federal judge's decision allowing a case accusing President Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency to go forward. Justice lawyers want an appeals court to take the case instead. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

DOJ files to halt Trump suit demanding financial documents

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Justice Department watchdog to investigate FBI decision to abandon relocation plan

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2019, photo, Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Donald Trump drops push for citizenship question on 2020 census

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 13, 2001, file frame from video provided by C-SPAN, Tom Hofeller speaks during an event at the Republican National Committee in Washington. Hofeller, a mastermind of GOP redistricting preached keeping electronic records secure. But after his death in 2018, his own files found their way to the heart of lawsuits over a U.S. census question on citizenship and North Carolina’s legislative redistricting. (C-SPAN via AP)

Gerrymandering architect’s files figure in census, map cases

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks at the U.S. Attorneys' National Conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Feds allocate $10M to combat violence in rural Alaska

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 18, 2011, file photo, shows a Tyson food product, in Montpelier, Vt. The Department of Justice tipped its hand last week when it requested a temporary halt to discovery proceedings in a 2016 class-action lawsuit filed by food distributor Maplevale Farms. Maplevale accuses Tyson Foods Inc., Perdue Farms Inc. and others of conspiring to fix poultry prices between 2008 and 2016. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

US government investigating poultry price-fixing claims

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FILE - In this March 24, 2019 photo, then-special counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House, after attending St. John's Episcopal Church for morning services, in Washington. Mueller will testify publicly before House panels on July 17 after being subpoenaed. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Democrats hope Mueller testimony will have ‘profound impact’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg looks down during a town hall community meeting, Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Washington High School in South Bend, Ind. Buttigieg faced criticism from angry black residents at the emotional town hall meeting, a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Pete Buttigieg: Department of Justice civil rights division probe of police shooting needed

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