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Bush aide urges weapons ban to slow Mexican drug war

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

The former head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection called Monday for the U.S. to reinstitute the ban on assault weapons and take other measures to rein in the war between Mexico and its drug cartels, saying the violence has the potential to bring down legitimate rule in that country.

Black Panthers denounce 'new' Panthers

Say group accused of voter threats stole name

Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

The New Black Panther Party catapulted itself to national attention during the November 2008 presidential election when two of its members, one brandishing a nightstick, were captured on videotape intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place.

EXCLUSIVE: Fort Hood suspect contacted Muslim extremists

Contacts already being watched by FBI

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had contacted numerous Muslim extremists -- some of whom are under federal investigation -- before last week's rampage, The Washington Times has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Rental industry hopes to buy influence on Hill

It's pay-to-play for rent-to-own

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

For more than a decade, the rent-to-own industry has watched as 20 separate pieces of federal legislation it supported failed in Congress. After years of frustration, it decided to assert itself more aggressively.

Anti-gunrunning lauded, questioned

IG questions use of funding

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009

Just days after the Justice Department said its anti-gunrunning project on the U.S.-Mexico border had made "enormous inroads into stemming firearms-related violent crime" and touted a planned expansion of the program, the department's Office of Inspector General on Monday said some funding for the $22 million project was not being properly used.

Civil Rights pick to get Senate vote

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009

The long-stalled bid to install President Obama's choice as head of the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights is finally heading for a vote on the Senate floor Tuesday.

U.S. panel chides Holder in Panther probe

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday to name a Justice Department official to oversee the production of what it called "our overdue information requests" for documents in the dismissal of a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party accused of disrupting a Philadelphia polling place in the November elections.

Holder asked to quicken probe of Black Panther case

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday to name a Justice Department official to oversee the production of what it called "our overdue information requests" for documents in the dismissal of a civil complaint against New Black Panther Party members accused of disrupting a polling place in the November elections.

EXCLUSIVE: Inquiry opened into New Black Panther case

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009

The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility has begun an official inquiry into the dismissal in May of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party and two of its members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during the November general elections.