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Security officers are seen outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in San Francisco on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration's immigration policy. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

The Latest: Trump calls ruling a ‘political decision’

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DOJ: Reforms in Baltimore will withstand presidential change

By DAVID DISHNEAU - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim, File)

Latest: Activists don’t trust Chicago mayor to reform police

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Federal prosecutors won’t charge deputy who tossed student

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke appears at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. Van Dyke's case involves the shooting Laquan McDonald. The Department of Justice is poised to release its report detailing the extent of civil rights violations committed by the Chicago Police Department. The next stage after the Friday Jan. 13, 2017 release will be negotiations between the DOJ and the city. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Timeline of Chicago police force’s reputation for brutality

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Baltimore, US to announce details of police reform decree

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

Federal officials to monitor voting in Cumberland, Robeson

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In this Oct. 5, 2016, file photo, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta speaks to members of the media outside Clinton's home in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

WikiLeaks: DOJ official gave John Podesta a heads-up on Hillary Clinton emails

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Poll of Seattle residents finds fewer disapprove of police

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In this Aug. 9, 2016, photo, U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez speaks to reporters from his desk in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Martinez and the U.S. Justice Department announced an agreement with the University of New Mexico on Monday, Oct. 17, to improve how the school responds to student complaints of sexual assault and harassment. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz)

Feds, UNM agree on revised response to sex assault reports

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

The Latest: President says university committed to reform

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Crime scene tape surrounds the area as Sacramento Police officers investigate the fatal shooting of a knife-waving suspect by police, Monday, July 11, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. Police were called to the area by witnesses who reported a man walking down the street waving a knife over his head, and that he had a gun in his waistband. When confronted by officers the man allegedly turned toward them with the knife and was shot by police. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Family of black man shot 14 times by police wants charges

By ALISON NOON - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2016, file photo, people watch and hold signs as members of the Ferguson City Council meet in Ferguson, Mo. St. Louis-area residents were sounding off Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in the last public hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice's settlement that calls for sweeping changes in Ferguson, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Judge approves deal between Ferguson, Justice Department

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

A man holds out his iPhone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store in San Francisco on Feb. 23. (Associated Press)

U.S. can’t force Apple to give FBI iPhone data, judge in N.Y. drug case rules

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FILE- In this Dec. 21, 2011 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio shows his badge as he holds a ceremony where 92 of his immigration jail officers, who lost their federal power to check whether inmates are in the county illegally, turn in their credentials after federal officials pulled the Sheriff's office immigration enforcement powers in Phoenix. The U.S. Justice Department is putting Arpaio on trial next month in a civil rights case that will focus in part on how the sheriff investigated and criminally charged people who crossed him from 2007 until 2010. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trial to examine retaliation charge against Arizona sheriff

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Transgender bathroom illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DOJ: Students’ gender identity determines restroom use

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This digital image from the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Archives shows an immigration document for Elfriede Huth, later Elfriede Rinkel, when she was admitted to the U.S. in 1959. Rinkel admitted to being a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II, but her past didn’t keep her from collecting nearly $120,000 in American Social Security benefits after she had been deported in 2006. (Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Archives/Ancestry.com via AP)

Watchdog: Suspected ex-Nazis got $20.2M in Social Security

By RICHARD LARDNER and DAVID RISING and RANDY HERSCHAFT - Associated Press

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake holds a news conference on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Baltimore. The mayor called on U.S. government investigators to look into whether this city's beleaguered police department uses a pattern of excessive force or discriminatory policing. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP) WASHINGTON EXAMINER OUT

Baltimore mayor wins praise for seeking federal police probe

By David Dishneau - Associated Press

Georgia prison officials change transgender inmate policy

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

Illustration on Eric Holder's legacy at the Justice Department by ALexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PAUL LARKIN: Justice Department gives public settlement money to private interests

By Paul J. Larkin Jr.