8 hrs ago | The Hill
House lawmakers: We're in the dark on DOJ-AP investigation
Lawmakers say they don't know much more than the public on The Associated Press phone records controversy, but a key Republican said he intends to pursue the matter once the administration's investigation ends.
12 hrs ago | WTMJ-AM Milwaukee
Us Doj to review flawed Milwaukee Atf sting
The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into a flawed Milwaukee sting as part of a larger review into how agents handle certain sensitive cases.
Hey, Congress: It's comprehensive immigration reform or nothing
Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois confer on Capitol Hill, May 20.
Immigration fight moves to House, with deep divide over legalization
There will be an event on Capitol Hill this week that will tell us a lot about the future of comprehensive immigration reform.
Dana Milbank: Eric Holder's abdication
But he seems to be proud of how little he knows. Why didn't his Justice Department inform The Associated Press, as the law requires, before pawing through reporters' phone records? "I do not know," the attorney general told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday afternoon, "why that was or was not done.
The controversial military tool is cleared for use domestically in 2015. Miranda Green reports from the House committee charged with what setting the rules on new eyes in the sky.
Beyond Cuccinelli, GOP delegates predict close races at convention
A pack of Loudoun County and 10th Congressional District Republicans will head south to Richmond this weekend to help nominate the GOP's candidates for high office in 2013 at the party's state-run convention.
This happened because GOP members on the Agriculture Committee, including some who style themselves tea partiers, joined hands with Democrats to fund a spree of Big Government corporatism predicated on an increasingly remote interest in improving the American agricultural sector.
Dupuy: The Right Wing outrage industrial complex's complicated week
A man holds a sign protesting the Guantanamo detention facility as Attorney General Eric Holder, right, arrives to testify at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday.
Handling of terrorists in witness protection questioned Handling of...
New identities created for known terrorists or terror suspects in the government Witness Security Program were not passed on for inclusion on national terrorist watch lists, an internal Justice Department report has found.
U.S. House lawmakers reach tentative deal to revamp immigration
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday they had reached a tentative deal to revamp the immigration system, after disputes over a temporary worker program and healthcare benefits threatened to derail their efforts.
Obama: No special prosecutor to investigate IRS
Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department.
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee continually interrupted ranking member Darrell Issa during a Judiciary Committee hearing today by claiming that she was lodging parliamentary objections.
IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting
President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit in Northern Ireland.
IRS controversy: What's the potential fallout?
After lawmakers question the IRS over the undue scrutiny the agency put on conservative groups that filed for tax-exempt status during the 2012 elections, they'll want to take action -- to hold people accountable and eventually consider legislation to amend any systemic problems that led to this kind of political discrimination.
More tax lobbyists working Washington's hallways, ...
The ranks of lobbyists are growing in Washington again as Congress flirts with a possible overhaul of the complex tax code.
Holder to face tough questioning at House hearing
Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
Senate Panel Rejects Plan to Restrict Immigration
Senate Judiciary Committee members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to limit the flow of immigrants to the U.S. offered by a leading opponent of a broad revision of immigration law.
Is Boehner Helping Obama Control Your Rights?
The Washington, D.C. news source The Hill reported yesterday that ". . . Speaker Boehner is more involved in the behind-the-scenes wrangling of how to move a gun bill than the Ohio Republican has let on in public." They also report that powerful Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia has had ". . . a lot of ... (more)
A Sharper Abortion Debate After Gosnell Verdict
Jack McMahon, the defense attorney for abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, speaks outside the Philadelphia courthouse after the guilty verdicts Monday.