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Chicago (CNN)Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by triggering a debate over surveillance techniques, but still must pay a penalty for illegally leaking a trove of classified intelligence documents. “We can certainly argue about the way in which Snowden did what he did, but I think that he […]

Homeland Security has discovered more three-year amnesty applications it approved in defiance of a federal judge’s firm injunction, lawyers toldthe court late Wednesday — less than a week after the judge delivered a vicious spanking to the administration for repeatedly bungling the case. Leon Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said as they […]

By Ben Wolfgang – The Washington Times – Thursday, May 26, 2016 It wasn’t just Hillary Clinton who refused to talk to State Departmentinvestigators — her entire top tier of staffers shunned the inspector general’s probe into her secret email system. And most of those staffers are now playing prominent roles in Mrs. Clinton’s presidential […]

Two officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray are suing Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby for defamation and invasion of privacy. Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter, who are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old’s death last April, filed the lawsuit against Mosby, Baltimore sheriff’s office Maj. Sam Cogen and the […]

WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., unleashed a tirade against Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., bemoaning that, “I am forced to listen to the bitter, vulgar, incoherent ramblings of the minority leader.” “Normally, like every other American, I ignore them,” he continued, “I can’t ignore them today, however.” Cotton made the comments on the Senate floor […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did break her department’s rules by setting up her own secret email server, the inspector general concluded in a report sent to Congress on Wednesday that says she failed to report hacking attempts and waved off warnings that she should switch to a more official email account. Inspector General […]

President Obama has used his bully pulpit in the past few weeks to tell North Carolina and the rest of the nation that men who say they are women must be allowed to share bathrooms and showers with women and girls. And he’s ordered essentially the same thing for public schools, under the threat of […]

A 64-year-old Baltimore man under surveillance for suspected illegal firearms dealing was allegedly recorded on Monday telling an undercover federal informant that he planned to “shoot some cops” after the acquittal of Officer Edward Nero in the Freddie Gray case, according to an affidavit filed in federal court by a special agent with the Bureau […]

House Conservatives Begin Trek To Impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen Posted By Kathryn Watson On 1:32 PM 05/24/2016 In | No Comments House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform leaders made their case Tuesday to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Subcommittee on National Security Chairman Ron DeSantis rolled out their case for […]

Four years after the IRS hobbled conservative groups by targeting them for extra scrutiny, the agency’s still playing politics. No wonder Congress is looking to impeach its boss, John Koskinen. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Republican lawmakers gave specific reasons for their move: his lies under oath, his flouting of a congressional subpoena […]