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While the White House has denied any wrongdoing over claims Donald Trump urged then-FBI director James Comey to drop a probe, markets are worried it could throw the president's agenda off-track AFP/SAUL LOEB WASHINGTON: House oversight committee chairman and Republican Jason Chaffetz has set a deadline of May 24 for the FBI to produce all communications between President Donald Trump and former FBI director James Comey. In a letter to acting FBI driector Andrew McCbe, Chaffetz said "all memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings referring or relating to any communications between Comey and the President" must be submitted.
Longmont City Council members on Tuesday night considered whether the city's current policies and procedures for dealing with undocumented immigrants - especially the idea that police and other city employees will not aggressively assist federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers - should be put into an ordinance, a resolution or ... (more)
Shady massage parlors and "spas" that offer sex -- commonly referred to as a "happy ending" -- after your back rub highlight a serious and often overlooked issue -- human trafficking of sex slaves. Store fronts that peddle prostitution may seem innocent enough -- even though they are illegal-- with ads on sites like Backpage.com featuring scantily clad women, who are usually Asian, posing for provocative photos alongside captions that "promise a good time."
In this Jan. 3, 2006, file photo, then-Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice Fisher briefs reporters at the Justice Department in Washington. President Donald Trump is considering nearly a dozen candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey, choosing from a group that includes several lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement officials.
The tough-on-crime policy announced Friday by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions runs counter to the recent emphasis in Appalachian states on treatment and less prison time for low-level drug offenders. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul opposes the directive.
In this Sept. 24, 2014, file photo, FBI special agent Adam Lee announces that Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. has been arrested in Galveston, Texas, during a news conference in Charlottesville.
LARRY E. KLAYMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Justice, Head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, c/o U.S. Department of Justice Attn: Attorney General Loretta Lynch 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530, Defendants-Appellees.
With the firing of now-former FBI director James Comey, Andrew G. McCabe has been named acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Before joining the FBI, McCabe was a private practice lawyer.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 35 percent more arrests nationwide in roughly the first three months under President Donald Trump compared to the same period last year, though arrests were down 23 percent over 2014, according to government data. Nationwide, ICE made 41,898 arrests from Jan. 20 to April 29 compared to 31,128 in that period last year, according to ICE data.
Texas governor signs 'sanctuary cities' ban on Facebook Live The law requires police to check a person's immigration status, even for minor violations. Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: https://usat.ly/2pl0PUP FILE - In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington.
It's been another week in a world in which Donald Trump is president. None of what's happened over the past seven days is very pretty, but let's figure out what's important.
Wallace Carson robbed a convenience store by pulling a gun on the cashier. The police caught him in short order, and he pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and other charges.
Since he was indicted on allegations related to an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has shifted into attack mode, zeroing in on the St. Louis prosecutor who launched the investigation with comments decried by some critics as politically or racially charged.
It's possible Uber could lose approval to operate in some cities if DOJ probe uncovers more evidence of evading regulators. Looking into Uber's attempt to evade government regulators in Portland, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the development and use of Uber's Greyball software.
The Texas Legislature on Wednesday passed a ban on so-called "sanctuary cities" that allows police officers to ask about a person's immigration status and threatens sheriffs and police chiefs with jail time if they don't work with federal authorities. The GOP-led Senate passed the bill Wednesday despite objections from Democrats, who call the bill a "show-me-your-papers" measure that will be used to discriminate against Latinos.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events The Justice Department is prosecuting a woman who laughed during a Senate hearing to confirm Jeff Sessions as attorney general. I can sympathize with her somewhat absurd plight, because I was once tossed out of the press box in the Supreme Court for laughing at the wrong time.
Citing past persecution of early Mormons and recent bomb threats at Jewish community centers, Sen. Orrin Hatch introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to strengthen protections for religious minorities. The bill would expand criminal law to include threats to intentionally deface, damage or destroy any religious property or to threaten to obstruct - by force or threat of force - a person's exercise of their religious beliefs.
A Yale professor illustrates the tendency to frame what should be critiques of government power as complaints about particular politicians. Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley is rightly alarmed by the federal government's position that naturalized Americans can lose their citizenship based on trivial misstatements to the Department of Homeland Security.
The children were confused, scared and hurt. In their own words, they did their best to convey what other students had done to them in the school restroom, the gym and the bus.
A display of Metro Police training in Las Vegas offered a "behind the police tape" view of an officer-involved shooting, April 20, 2017. A gray Chevrolet Impala pulls into the parking lot of a Metro Police training facility, followed by a black-and-white with lights flashing.