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Roger Stone leaves federal court in Washington on Feb. 1, 2019. Stone was back in court in the special counsel's Russia investigation as prosecutors say they have recovered "voluminous and complex" potential evidence in the case, including financial records, emails and computer hard drives.

Judge in Roger Stone case warns she might impose gag order

August 22, 2019 at 10:25 a.m.

The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against longtime Trump friend Roger Stone said Friday she is considering whether to impose a gag order after Stone went on a week-long...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein holds a news conference at the Department of Justice on July 13, 2018, to announce indictments against 12 Russian intelligence agents for alleged hacking of computers used by the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Clinton campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other organizations.

12 Russian intelligence officers charged by Mueller in hack of DNC, Clinton emails

August 22, 2019 at 4:34 a.m.

A dozen Russian military intelligence officers were indicted Friday on charges they hacked Democrats' computers, stole their data, and published those files to disrupt the 2016 election - the clearest...

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, seen here on Capitol Hill in May 2017.

FBI official Andrew McCabe, hoping to retire, asks Justice Department not to fire him

August 22, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday made a final pitch to the Justice Department about why he should not be fired just 72 hours before his retirement, leaving...

Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin, left, smiles as he leaves a federal courthouse with assistant Joshua Wisch after appearing there Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Seattle. Lawyers for the government and the state of Hawaii, which challenged the travel ban, argued the case in Seattle last week.

Grandparents, refugees with formal assurances can enter under Trump travel ban, court rules

August 22, 2019 at 12:48 a.m.

Grandparents and other extended relatives of people in the United States are exempt from President Donald Trump's travel ban, as are refugees with a formal assurance from a government agency,...

‘He’s got to get control of the ship again’: How tensions at FBI will persist after election

August 21, 2019 at 8:47 p.m.

Deep divisions inside the FBI and Justice Department over how to handle investigations dealing with Hillary Clinton will probably fester even after Tuesday's presidential election and pose a significant test...

This Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 photos shows a look down Highway Terrace in Leavenworth, Kan., at the main gate of the Leavenworth Detention Center of Corrections Corporation of America. The private prison industry is lobbying against a Justice Department directive to end the use of their facilities.

Private prison industry fights directive to end the use of contract facilities

June 9, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.

The private prison industry is lobbying against a Justice Department directive to end the use of their facilities, encouraging legislators to question the policy change and legally protesting one significant...

Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House with President George W. Bush and then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on March 20, 2003.

Colin Powell told Clinton he used personal computer for U.S. business

August 21, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

Former secretary of state Colin Powell told Hillary Clinton in 2009 that he used a personal computer attached to a private phone line to do business with foreign leaders and...

The U.S. Capitol is on lockdown April 11, 2015 as a precaution after shots were fired in what police say appears to be an attempted suicide.

Lockdown lifted after suicide, bomb scare at U.S. Capitol building

June 23, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.

Robert Bishop, a 47-year-old real estate developer from Annapolis, Maryland, had just snapped a selfie early Saturday afternoon at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol when he heard the...

Maureen McDonnell walks to her corruption trial at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, August 18, 2014 in Richmond, Virginia.

Prosecutors recommend 18-month sentence for former Va. first lady

June 20, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

Prosecutors on Friday asked that former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell be sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, while defense attorneys countered that 4,000 hours of communit y service...

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark Pletcher, left, and Robert Huie, talk outside the federal courthouse, about the guilty plea of Leonard Francis, known in military circles as Fat Leonard, on bribery charges involving U.S. Navy officials Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015,

Navy’s sex-for-secrets corruption scandal could soon get worse

August 18, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

The Navy's sex-for-secrets corruption scandal may be about to get worse: Investigators' prized catch has started to squawk. Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor who made a fortune by...

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