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Analysis: Holder braces for 'bumpier' road as GOP controls Houseupdated: Tue Jan 04 2011 21:31:00

"It could be a bumpier road," a smiling Attorney General Eric Holder said to a reporter in a recent casual conversation at the Justice Department.

Attorney general plans rare appearance before high courtupdated: Wed Mar 12 2008 13:36:00

Attorney General Michael Mukasey will rely on his experience dealing with high-profile terrorism trials when he argues a case before the U.S. Supreme Court later this month.

Protesters march on Washingtonupdated: Fri Nov 16 2007 21:57:00

Thousands of people are participating in a rally led by civil rights leaders calling for a tougher stance on hate crimes.

Rally urges hate crimes prosecutions, new AG respondsupdated: Fri Nov 16 2007 21:57:00

Thousands of demonstrators encircled Justice Department headquarters in the nation's capital Friday to demand the government crack down harder on hate crimes.

Sources: $4.6 billion settlement in power plant air pollution caseupdated: Mon Oct 08 2007 22:33:00

In the largest environmental settlement in Justice Department history, American Electric Power has agreed to install $4.6 billion in equipment to sharply reduce emissions at coal-fired power plants in five states, sources said.

Whitewater investigation finally endsupdated: Mon Mar 20 2006 16:06:00

The seven-year, $70 million Whitewater investigation that toppled an Arkansas governor and dogged Bill Clinton for most of his presidency officially drew to a close Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the last remaining appeal.

Court rejects $280bn tobacco suitupdated: Fri Feb 04 2005 21:44:00

In a 2-to-1 ruling, a U.S. federal appeals court panel in Washington Friday rejected the federal government's lawsuit seeking as much as $280 billion in past earnings from tobacco companies that allegedly engaged in a criminal enterprise to cover up smoking dangers.

Controversy over Martinez ad in Florida updated: Wed Oct 13 2004 17:02:00

A former federal agent who appears in a campaign ad for U.S. Senate candidate Mel Martinez helped plan the raid that took Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives' home four year ago.

Ashcroft gets turn before 9/11 panelupdated: Tue Apr 13 2004 07:10:00

President Bush holds a prime-time news conference Tuesday night, his first this year and his third since moving into the White House. His East Room appearance, scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. ET, comes after testimony earlier by John Ashcroft and Janet Reno, two of the most polarizing figures in American politics, before the 9/11 commission.

Probing the memoupdated: Mon Apr 12 2004 10:54:00

As the commission looking into the intelligence failures preceding 9/11 resumes its hearings this week, there will be a new exhibit A under public scrutiny: the supersecret CIA report on al-Qaeda that was given to George W. Bush as part of the President's Daily Brief (PDB) on Aug. 6, 2001, just weeks before the attacks on the U.S.

Fortune: FORTUNE Presents Janet and Bill: A Love Storyupdated: Mon Jun 26 2000 00:01:00

The Justice Department scored a resounding victory earlier this month when U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered that Microsoft be split into two companies. Still, questions rem...

Fortune: I'll Tell You Where to Put It Even after the crash of the new economy, there are plenty of good investments.updated: Mon May 15 2000 00:01:00

Throwing Microsoft into the wheels of an economic machine that seemed to be functioning to the benefit of a great number of people, the Feds are on their way to Mr. Greenspan's goal of destroying p...

Fortune: Gates Is Evil; Reno's a Meddler. Whatever. Do We Buy It or Not?updated: Mon Jul 06 1998 00:01:00

If it weren't for the Justice Department's antitrust division, Microsoft Windows 98 would have been a footnote in the history of the company we love to hate. But the wheels of justice are grinding....

Fortune: JANET RENO, TECHNO-GENIUSupdated: Mon Dec 29 1997 00:01:00

I want to be the first to congratulate the U.S. Department of Justice on its creativity in figuring out how to use its consent decree to protect Windows users from Microsoft. All along I thought th...

Fortune: Guess who else looks like America, proof that crime pays, the snowstorm test, and other matters. HOW TO COUNT BEANSupdated: Mon Mar 08 1993 00:01:00

; The phrase has been grating on a fellow's ears for some time, yet it obviously won't go away quietly. Nexis, ever our guide to cant in the politics industry, reports more than 500 media sightings...

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