A union representing Chicago police officers claims in court that an oversight commission is violating Illinois law by using uncertified personnel to lead investigations into officer-involved shootings.
Read moreThe House Oversight Committee on Wednesday launched an investigation into reports of voter suppression in Georgia during the 2018 election, asking the Peach State’s governor and top elections official, both Republicans, to turn over documents that could show voting irregularities.
Read moreFederal prosecutors said Friday they will not pursue charges against former Tulsa cop Betty Shelby for killing an unarmed black motorist, ending a three-year civil rights investigation.
Read moreDemocratic lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos demanding an explanation for last month’s flip-flop of her department’s internal investigation leadership, claiming they have evidence of interference in an independent probe over the reinstatement of an accrediting agency.
Read moreRepublican Texas Secretary of State David Whitley defended his release of a flawed list of 95,000 registered voters identified as possible noncitizens at his confirmation hearing Thursday, with critics opposing him over the embarrassing voting suppression claims that have resulted in the swift removal of tens of thousands of names from the list.
Read moreHarsh criticism is mounting against Texas Republicans’ announcement of 95,000 registered voters possibly not being citizens, as a group of naturalized citizens filed a lawsuit Saturday claiming voter suppression while county officials quickly ruled out 20,000 of the names.
Read moreA federal judge rejected a former Michigan official’s defamation claims against a TV station, finding it did not act with actual malice when an editing error led to an inaccuracy that made it seem like a lawyer said the official had broken the law.
Read moreThe impact of the government shutdown is so severe for FBI agents that their union filed a report Tuesday warning that investigations are being hampered and agents are considering leaving the bureau to keep their mortgages afloat and feed their families.
Read moreOut on bond, a high-ranking Navy commander is facing charges that he covered up his bloody fight with a man who disappeared from Guantanamo Bay after confronting the commander about an extramarital affair and was later found dead.
Read moreIowa’s so-called “ag-gag” law that makes it a crime for undercover journalists or animal-rights activists to investigate and report on animal abuse in livestock facilities is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreA day after a report surfaced that former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is under scrutiny for potentially lying to investigators in his own department, an attorney for an anti-corruption watchdog said Friday federal officials take those allegations very seriously.
Read moreThe Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will investigate the death of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in federal custody last week after crossing the U.S. border into New Mexico.
Read moreDuring a fiery election fraud investigation surrounding the 9th Congressional District race, North Carolina’s General Assembly passed a controversial photo ID voting bill Thursday that extends to absentee voters.
Read moreDallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban apologized Wednesday to victims of sexual harassment in the team’s front office, pledging to donate $10 million to women’s groups after the release of highly critical results from an independent investigation into the scandal.
Read moreA Denver Post investigation published this week sheds light on thousands of Colorado court cases suppressed by district judges over the last five years.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Justice has reopened the 63-year-old case of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 helped trigger the civil rights movement.
Read moreThe Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that reimbursement of costs and expenses under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act only applies to government investigations and criminal cases, not private investigations or civil proceedings.
Read moreA former Service Employees International Union executive filed a $2 million defamation lawsuit claiming he was fired amid a widely reported harassment investigation even though his employee file shows that no female staffers ever accused him of misconduct.
Read moreLos Angeles is taking legal action against eight defendants after a multi-agency investigation found that thousands of misbranded and counterfeit medications were sold to the public.
Read moreA New York federal judge on Tuesday granted the Securities Exchange Commission’s demand to question rapper Jay-Z without a time limit next week as part of a securities fraud investigation.
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