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FILE - Attorney General Eric Holder, center, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, to announce the Justice Department's civil rights division will launch a broad civil rights investigation in the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department. Joining Holder are Molly Moran, left, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division, and Ronald Davis, right, Dir. of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

How Ferguson elevated the profile of the Justice Department’s civil rights enforcers

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

In this photo provided by NASA, a SpaceX spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi, NASA astronaut Warren (Woody) Hoburg and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Sept. 4, 203, after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

Trying to protect sensitive technology, SpaceX gets sued instead

By Hans von Spakovsky and Cully Stimson

A sign marks an entrance to the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The Justice Department is scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that it could result in discrimination against families with disabilities, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny

By Sally Ho and Garance Burke - Associated Press

Vanita Gupta speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be associate attorney general, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Vanita Gupta confirmed by Senate as No. 3 at Justice Department over Republican objections

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division nominee Kristen Clarke speaks during an event with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Kristen Clarke, DOJ nominee, says she doesn’t support defunding police, despite her op-ed

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Justice Department sues Vermont medical center over abortion

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

Obama Holdovers in the Justice Department Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Stalled at DOJ because of ‘reefer madness’

By J. Christian Adams

Vanita Gupta speaks after receiving a 2004 Reebok Human Rights Award, Wednesday, May 5, 2004, in New York. Gupta, a New York-based attorney, received her award for helping win the pardons of 35 black Americans who had been arrested on trumped-up drug charges in Texas. (AP Photo/Mike Appleton) **FILE**

Holder names top civil rights lieutenant

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Protesters argue with a Ferguson sergeant who was trying to get them to disperse the area on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson late Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Justice Department investigates Ferguson police

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

ROWAN: Why this radical appointment matters

By Carl Rowan Jr.

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder celebrates gay pride with speech at Justice Dept. before Supreme Court decisions

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Lawmaker calls for review Justice’s of Civil Rights Division

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican (Associated Press)

Grassley: Why were ‘racist’ acts tolerated at Justice Department?

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Injustice’

By Ray Hartwell - Special to The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, wants to know why a well-traveled Justice official wasn't fired. (Associated Press)

Taxpayers financed Justice official’s romantic travel

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine

EDITORIAL: A Fine exit at Justice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Justice Department vows to stop intimidation of voters

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

"We will not tolerate anti-competitive practices," Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Monday. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama Justice Department plays ‘Snooki’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Federal prosecutor accuses Justice Dept. of reverse racism

By Ben Conery - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Originally photographed for the National Geographic Channel show "Inside," King Samir Shabazz (left) and Jerry Jackson pose showing the "black power" sign with their fists on June 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. (National Geographic Channels/© Marco Williams/M2 Pictures)

EDITORIAL: Black Panther case: Racism rules

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times