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Sessions orders Justice Department review of all police reform agreements

August 21, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not work against the...

‘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...

A fatal wrong turn suspected at NSA

June 24, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

The overnight tryst began in Baltimore, with three men, two dressed as women. It continued at a motel on U.S. 1, and when one of the men woke up on...

Holder limits seized-asset sharing that split billions with local, state police

August 21, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without proving that a crime occurred. Holder's action...

Some officials will still be allowed to use racial profiling in the screening of airline passengers under new federal restrictions.

New ban on racial profiling to exempt TSA, customs and border agents

May 17, 2019 at 11:06 a.m.

As the Obama administration prepares to announce new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, government officials said Friday that many officers and agents at the Department of Homeland...

Attorney-general nominee Lynch praised as ‘tough’ and ‘fair’

June 23, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

When the African American Delta Sigma Theta sorority chapter was established at Harvard College in 1980, its first members included two undergraduates named Loretta Lynch and Sharon Malone. Decades later,...

Connections emerge as 3 more arrested in Maryland fires

August 19, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.

Federal agents arrested three more suspects Saturday in the arson fires that ravaged a Charles County, Md., subdivision on Dec. 6--including a volunteer firefighter whose company was dispatched to the...

Security guard arrested in Maryland subdivision arson

August 19, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

A security guard for a company hired to protect construction sites at a Charles County, Md., subdivision was arrested Thursday and charged with setting fires last week that destroyed 10...

Malvo reportedly admits firing sniper shots

August 19, 2021 at 10:13 p.m.

The teenager accused of participating in the sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington region has told investigators that he pulled the trigger in several of the shootings, three law-enforcement sources...

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