Oct 27 U.S. charges 61 defendants in call center scam based in India By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department has charged 61 defendants in the United States and abroad in connection with a call center operation that officials say is based in India. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 2:14 Prices rising, Trump rallies for Obamacare repeal By PBS News Hour Campaigning in Florida, Donald Trump bashed the Affordable Care Act, seizing on newly announced insurance premium spikes. Sunshine State polls show a close race; Trump sees it as a must-win and believes he's winning big. Meanwhile, though the Justice Department… Continue watching
Oct 19 U.S. Justice Department to dispatch fewer election observers By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The reduction is likely to diminish the Justice Department's ability to detect voter intimidation and other potential problems at the polls. Continue reading
Oct 05 Report cites barriers to more diverse police departments By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A lack of trust in law enforcement and burdensome hiring criteria are among the barriers to creating more diverse police agencies, according to a federal report Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Federal contractor arrested for taking classified information By Tami Abdollah and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A contractor for the National Security Agency has been arrested on charges that he illegally removed highly classified information and stored the material in his house and car, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 23 Voter purge is illegal in battleground Ohio, says federal appeals court By Quinn Bowman A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Ohio is illegally removing voters from its registration list, an important decision that could make tens of thousands of Ohioans able to vote in the critical battleground state on Nov. 8. Continue reading
Sep 19 Tulsa police release graphic footage of fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher By Joshua Barajas Terence Crutcher, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, man who was fatally shot by a police officer last week, was not armed, nor was a weapon found in his SUV, the city's police chief said Monday. The Justice Department said it has opened… Continue reading
Sep 10 Appeals court blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement By Sam Hananel, Associated Press A federal appeals court has blocked Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 4:51 After legal disappointment, North Dakota pipeline protesters vow to fight on By PBS News Hour There’s been a months-long standoff over the construction of a $3.8 billion pipeline extension designed to run near tribal land in North Dakota. On Friday, a federal judge denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request to stop the project. But… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 4:20 We now know what Clinton told the FBI -- but should we? By PBS News Hour On Friday, the FBI released two key documents from its investigation into the private email server Hillary Clinton used as secretary of state. One file contains the FBI’s notes from its interviews with Clinton; the other summarizes the agency’s findings. Continue watching