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Justice watchdog to review potential abuses by FBI in secretive court
The FBI is under review to see if it abused its power in an application submitted through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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IG finds communications failures in FBI handling of San Bernardino shooter’s phone
The Inspector General report found that although the FBI director was truthful in his 2016 testimonies that the FBI was incapable of unlocking the phone, lack of communication meant that some avenues to do so were not pursued.
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Justice Dept. charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme
The Iranian defendants are accused of working at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to steal large quantities of academic data as well as email accounts belonging to employees of government agencies and private companies.
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Trump administration suing California over sanctuary laws
The Justice Department argued a trio of state laws that, among other things, bar police from asking people about their citizenship status or participating in federal immigration enforcement activities are unconstitutional and have kept federal agents from doing their jobs.
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Justices look at how older law applies to internet cloud
The justices heard arguments in a dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft Corp. over a warrant for emails stored in the internet cloud outside the United States.
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Government could face greater burden of proof in NSA espionage case
A federal judge questioned how much knowledge of the documents and their contents a defendant would need to have to be proven guilty under U.S. statute.
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Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet
The announcement means the case affecting “Dreamers” will have to work its way through the lower courts before any Supreme Court ruling is possible, though the case could also become moot if Congress takes action in the meantime.
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Second judge says Trump can’t keep stalling clean-air rules
U.S. District Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California ordered the Interior Department to reinstate the Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions.
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Russians charged with meddling in 2016 presidential race
The indictment alleges that Russians used bogus social media postings and advertisements fraudulently purchased in the name of Americans to sway political opinion in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Judge orders Trump administration to implement energy limits
The Department of Energy was required to put the energy efficiency standards into effect after a 45-day period to identify any errors and did not have the authority to continue to assess them, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said.
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Justice watchdog to review potential abuses by FBI in secretive court
The FBI is under review to see if it abused its power in an application submitted through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
-
IG finds communications failures in FBI handling of San Bernardino shooter’s phone
The Inspector General report found that although the FBI director was truthful in his 2016 testimonies that the FBI was incapable of unlocking the phone, lack of communication meant that some avenues to do so were not pursued.
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Justice Dept. charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme
The Iranian defendants are accused of working at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to steal large quantities of academic data as well as email accounts belonging to employees of government agencies and private companies.
-
Trump administration suing California over sanctuary laws
The Justice Department argued a trio of state laws that, among other things, bar police from asking people about their citizenship status or participating in federal immigration enforcement activities are unconstitutional and have kept federal agents from doing their jobs.
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Justices look at how older law applies to internet cloud
The justices heard arguments in a dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft Corp. over a warrant for emails stored in the internet cloud outside the United States.
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Government could face greater burden of proof in NSA espionage case
A federal judge questioned how much knowledge of the documents and their contents a defendant would need to have to be proven guilty under U.S. statute.
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Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet
The announcement means the case affecting “Dreamers” will have to work its way through the lower courts before any Supreme Court ruling is possible, though the case could also become moot if Congress takes action in the meantime.
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Second judge says Trump can’t keep stalling clean-air rules
U.S. District Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California ordered the Interior Department to reinstate the Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions.
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Russians charged with meddling in 2016 presidential race
The indictment alleges that Russians used bogus social media postings and advertisements fraudulently purchased in the name of Americans to sway political opinion in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Judge orders Trump administration to implement energy limits
The Department of Energy was required to put the energy efficiency standards into effect after a 45-day period to identify any errors and did not have the authority to continue to assess them, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said.
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Justice watchdog to review potential abuses by FBI in secretive court
The FBI is under review to see if it abused its power in an application submitted through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
-
IG finds communications failures in FBI handling of San Bernardino shooter’s phone
The Inspector General report found that although the FBI director was truthful in his 2016 testimonies that the FBI was incapable of unlocking the phone, lack of communication meant that some avenues to do so were not pursued.
-
Justice Dept. charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme
The Iranian defendants are accused of working at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to steal large quantities of academic data as well as email accounts belonging to employees of government agencies and private companies.
-
Trump administration suing California over sanctuary laws
The Justice Department argued a trio of state laws that, among other things, bar police from asking people about their citizenship status or participating in federal immigration enforcement activities are unconstitutional and have kept federal agents from doing their jobs.
-
Justices look at how older law applies to internet cloud
The justices heard arguments in a dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft Corp. over a warrant for emails stored in the internet cloud outside the United States.
-
Government could face greater burden of proof in NSA espionage case
A federal judge questioned how much knowledge of the documents and their contents a defendant would need to have to be proven guilty under U.S. statute.
-
Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet
The announcement means the case affecting “Dreamers” will have to work its way through the lower courts before any Supreme Court ruling is possible, though the case could also become moot if Congress takes action in the meantime.
-
Second judge says Trump can’t keep stalling clean-air rules
U.S. District Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California ordered the Interior Department to reinstate the Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions.
-
Russians charged with meddling in 2016 presidential race
The indictment alleges that Russians used bogus social media postings and advertisements fraudulently purchased in the name of Americans to sway political opinion in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Judge orders Trump administration to implement energy limits
The Department of Energy was required to put the energy efficiency standards into effect after a 45-day period to identify any errors and did not have the authority to continue to assess them, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said.













