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Illustration on judicial usurpation of the President's authority as Commander-in-Chief by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The recent rulings about transgender military personnel raise national security concerns

By James A. Lyons

Cannabis consultant Juan Aguilar rings up a customer's marijuana purchase in the Herban Legends pot shop, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Seattle. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states where the drug is legal across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Q&A: What does Sessions’ policy mean for the future of weed?

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign manager, has sued special counsel Robert Mueller saying he exceeded his authority in the Russia investigation. (Associated Press)

Paul Manafort files lawsuit charging Mueller probe is illegal; says he was double-crossed

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Jeff Sessions received marijuana advice from ex-drug czar backing mandatory tests, treatment: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Trump administration asks judge to toss Chicago lawsuit

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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to try to strip the Pakistan-born Iyman Faris of his citizenship. Faris is serving 17 years behind bars for terrorism-related charges stemming from a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. naturalized citizen fraud target of Justice Department

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this July 29, 2017, file photo, transgender U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Sims lifts her uniform during an interview with The Associated Press in Beratzhausen near Regensburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ** FILE **

Justice, Defense Departments hit for not backing Trump on transgender ban

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Rep. Devin Nunes (right), chairman of the House Permanent Select committee on intelligence, has widened the net in the panel's investigation into the use of the unconfirmed Russia dossier against Donald Trump. (Associated Press/File)

Devin Nunes expands Russia probe to use of dossier to snare Donald Trump

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In a Wednesday, July 26, 2017 file photo, demonstrators gather in Times Square, in New York to protest after President Donald Trump declared a ban on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military. The Justice Department has put its proposed ban on transgender military recruits on hold, meaning their enlistment can start Monday, Jan. 1, 2017. But the future for transgender people in the armed forces remains murky. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Transgender people cleared to join military, for now

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President Trump showed an interview 18 years ago in which he warned that the U.S. needed to get tougher with North Korea. "I've been saying it for a long, long time," Mr. Trump tweeted. (Associated Press/File)

Trump fumes over Russia dossier: ‘Crooked Hillary pile of garbage’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, left, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, listen during a news conference, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at the Justice Department in Washington, announcing that the U.S. government is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in assets that federal officials say were misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. The Justice Department says the funds that were laundered into the U.S. were used for various assets, including real estate and hotel properties, a jet aircraft, fancy artwork and the production of the Oscar-nominated movie, The Wolf of Wall Street. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

FBI says Russia dossier’s collusion charges unsubstantiated

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses as he speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Justice Department creates new opioid enforcement position

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Wichita landlord accused of pushing tenants for sex

Associated Press

Trial delayed till June for Florida airport shooting suspect

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Former FBI Director James Comey, FBI special agent Peter Strzok and special counsel Robert Mueller are shown here, left to right. On Jan. 18, 2018, the House House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to release a FISA abuse memo, which, according to sources close to the committee, addresses text messages between FBI agent Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page which prove the so-called Steele dossier was used to justify FISA warrants.

Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok had eye-popping influence at Justice Dept.

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, about efforts to reduce violent crime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Sessions distances himself from Trump on FBI

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Bitcoin is classified by the U.S. as a taxable asset similar to a house or boat. (Associated Press/File)

Zoobia Shahnaz, Long Island woman, charged with sending Bitcoin to ISIS

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Acting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Robert Patterson make an announcement about new tools to combat the opioid crises, at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

EDITORIAL: Justice Department, FBI must clean up their act

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Menendez presses for dismissal of corruption charges

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told a House committee that special counsel Robert Mueller took quick action to oust FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok from the Russia investigation after learning of his politically biased text messages. (Associated Press) ** FILE**

Rod Rosenstein: No reason to fire Robert Mueller

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times