Focus on what local papers like the Birmingham News aren't talking about, because that's where the action is. And there's enough action to fill five John Grisham novels. Here's one subplot.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
That's what former Justice Department counselor Monica M. Goodling and former chief of staff D. Kyle Sampson routinely asked applicants for non-political jobs at DoJ. The question, of course, is against the law.
Washington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in ear...
Art Levine | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
What was once primarily a series of tactics stretching back from the evil days of the poll tax in the 1960s to "caging" and photo ID today, has become official Justice Department policy.
McClatchy | Marissa Taylor | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
A longtime protege of President Bush told former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias that he was fired for political reasons and that he shouldn't fight his ...
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The FBI acknowledged Wednesday it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, th...
Associated Press | Laurie Kellman | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics
A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique ...
NY Times | PHILIP SHENON and ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
The Justice Department lawyer who wrote a series of classified legal opinions in 2005 authorizing harsh C.I.A. interrogation techniques was renominate...
Associated Press | Mark Sherman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
Democrats and Republicans square off before the Supreme Court Wednesday over a law that requires voters to produce photo identification before they ca...
Dan Abrams | Posted 12.09.2007 | Media
Bush League Justice is a series that stems from my increasing frustration and outrage over how the Bush administration has politicized the usually apolitical Justice Department.
CREW | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
CREW's Anne Weismann told crn.com that the number of missing e-mails from the White House far surpasses the widely stated total of five million. It co...
Anthony D. Romero | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics
So much for American values. The U.S. government had officially endorsed torture, in secret, of course.
Who is Sarah Palin? Here's a quick rundown of her resumé: she's the former...
Barack Obama Campaign Spokesman Bill Burton responds to John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor...
Watch Obama's speech. Scroll down for report of convention and full text...
I think we will look back at today as the day when...
My favorite part of Hillary Clinton's speech last night was when she admonished her followers not to...
None of my pro-Hillary female friends are falling for this obvious GOP pander....
***UPDATE: Round 4 and more*** Round 3 of MSNBC infighting...
Photographs Of Sarah Palin, John McCain's Vice President In the December 2007 issue of Vogue: For...
LOS ANGELES — David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication,"...
Grist reports that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin strongly opposes the Alaskan gas tax, threw money at...
Now that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, it's time for him...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Citigroup Inc. isn't just eliminating jobs to slash costs --...
Craig Newmark (you may have heard of his list) is blogging at the Democratic...
David Fiderer | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media