WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden's former institute, the White House said Monday. Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said “a small number of documents with classified markings” were discovered as Biden's...
Bakersfield Doctors Sued for Refusing to Treat HIV Patient
The Justice Department sued two Bakersfield doctors on Thursday for refusing to provide routine medical care to a patient with HIV. "The Justice Department continues to work to end discriminatory and stigmatizing treatment of people with HIV based on unfounded fears and stereotypes," said Acting Assistant Attorney General John Daukas...
AP Visits Immigration Courts Across US, Finds Nonstop Chaos
LUMPKIN, Ga. — In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits -- and stalls. A Spanish interpreter is running late because of a flat tire. Rothschild tells the five immigrants before him that he’ll take a break before the proceedings even...
Fresno EOC, Tulare County DA Get Federal Anti-Human Trafficking Grants
The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded nearly $1.4 million in grants to agencies in Fresno and Tulare County to battle human trafficking and provide services to trafficking victims, the agency announced Tuesday. Listen to this article: DOJ is awarding more than $100 million in grants through the Office for...
Judge Blocks Trump Rules for Detained Migrant Kids
LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement that requires the...
Trump Forces Out Attorney General Jeff Sessions
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions told the president in a one-page letter that he was submitting his...
House Republicans Move To Impeach Deputy AG Rosenstein
WASHINGTON — Eleven House Republicans have introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. House Republicans have criticized Rosenstein for not being responsive enough as they have requested documents related to...
Freedom of Information Act Under Assault By Government at All Levels
Just over a year ago, a Freedom of Information Act release by the National Park Service demonstrably proved that the President of the United States was lying about the size of his inauguration crowd. That he was even elected president was, in part, because his opponent had improperly stored federal...