Justice Department

Tea Party Leaders Look To Capitalize On ‘I Told You So’ Moment

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement’s leaders certainly think so.

2013/05/19

President Barack Obama speaks as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie looks on as they visit a shelter for Hurricane Sandy victims in Brigantine, N.J., on Oct. 31, 2012. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Christie To Obama: ‘The Buck Stops With You’

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that President Barack Obama has not been assertive enough as three scandals involving his administration have mounted.

2013/05/17

File photo of Ohio Sen. Rob Portman. (credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Portman Skeptical Of Obama In IRS Targeting

Ohio’s Republican U.S. senator on Thursday questioned the suggestion by President Barack Obama that he didn’t know until recently that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups.

2013/05/16

File photo of recently confirmed Secretary of Energy nominee Ernest Moniz. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Senate Confirms Physicist Moniz As Energy Chief

Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation’s new energy secretary.

2013/05/16

President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan hold a joint press conference, during a rain shower, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2013. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama: I Have ‘Complete Confidence’ In Holder

President Barack Obama continues to back Attorney General Eric Holder following the fallout over the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press.

2013/05/16

File photo of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

GOP, Dems Challenge Holder Over Subpoenas To AP

Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service’s telephone records.

2013/05/15

file photo of Sen. Chuck Schumer (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Schumer Reviving Bill to Protect Media, Sources in Wake of Investigation Into AP

A top Senate Democrat plans to revive legislation that would protect journalists and their employers from revealing their sources, days after it was revealed that the Justice Department secretly obtained Associated Press phone records.

2013/05/15

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Investigation Launched Into IRS Targeting of Tea Party Allegations

The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status.

2013/05/15

File photo of Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, left, and Attorney General Eric Holder. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

89 Charged In Medicare Fraud Busts In 8 Cities

Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday.

2013/05/14

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney answers questions during a press briefing at the White House on May 10, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

White House: We Had No Knowledge Of DOJ Attempts To Seek AP Phone Records

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

2013/05/14