Eric Holder

US Attorney General Eric Holder wants federal government to oversee Texas voting law changes

Charlie Savage US Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department will ask a court to require Texas to get permission from the federal government before making voting changes in that state for the next...

Mexico captures number one drug kingpin Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman


Mexico's most wanted man, drugs kingpin Joaquin Shorty Guzman, was captured early on Saturday with help from US agencies in a major victory for the government in a long, brutal drugs war.

US weighs killing American in drone strike



US won’t prosecute banks doing business with licensed pot stores

Rob Hotakainen The Obama administration has advised US attorneys to show discretion if banks deal with stores selling pot in states that allow it.

Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to face death penalty

oston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

David Ingram Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death if he is found guilty of planting bombs that killed three people and wounded 264 last year, the US government's chief...

A beautiful mind

Aaron Swartz poses in a Borderland Books in San Francisco on February 4, 2008. Internet activist and programmer Swartz, who helped create an early version of RSS and later played a key role in stopping a controversial online piracy bill in Congress, has died at age 26, an apparent suicide, New York authorities said January 13, 2013.  REUTERS/Noah Berger  (UNITED STATES - Tags: PORTRAIT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OBITUARY)

Paul McGeough Computer genius and online activist Aaron Swartz wanted to change the world - one download at a time. Then the US government decided enough was enough, with tragic consequences. By Paul McGeough.

Snowden sees 'no chance' for US fair trial

Charlie Savage Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he has no plans to return to the United States, because he would have "no chance" for a fair trial.

Planes but no passports: life in US after shutdown

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Jim Snyder, Danielle Ivory, Kathleen Miller Planes will still fly and land safely in the United States with the aid of federal air traffic controllers even if Congress cannot reach a deal to fund the federal government.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead Boston Bomber accused linked to triple homicide

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Alana Semuels It was one of the biggest unsolved crimes in recent Boston memory: three men, killed on September 11, 2011, their throats slit, their bodies reportedly covered with marijuana.

JPMorgan agrees to pay $13 billion to give home owners mortgage relief cover

People walk by JP Morgan Chase & Company headquarters in New York

Kevin Hall Thousands of home owners could get some mortgage relief under a record $US13 billion ($13.82 billion) deal reached on Tuesday between the Justice Department and banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co -...

Dallas observes the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination

President John F. Kennedy

Jon Herskovitz and Marice Richter Dallas will observe the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination with its first official memorial on Friday, as the rest of the nation pauses to remember the event that changed...

Julian Assange unlikely to be charged in US

Julian Assange


Snowden's father seeks deal with US govt

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

The father of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has revealed he is trying to broker a compromise with the government that could bring his son back to the United States.

Obama considers review of 'stand your ground' law

Roger Runningen President Barack Obama is considering a federal review of state and local laws including the so-called "stand your ground" statutes that may worsen dangerous confrontations.

Obama insists US spying saves lives

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media following bilateral talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Mike Dorning US President Barack Obama said government surveillance programs that sweep telephone numbers and internet data have saved lives, as controversy over the monitoring followed him on a trip overseas.

North Carolina first to pass restrictive voting law after Supreme Court decision

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

The focus on voting laws comes as the US is undergoing a demographic transformation.

Edward Snowden will not face death penalty, US assures Russia

Raf Sanchez in Washington Edward Snowden will not face the death penalty if he is returned to America to face charges of espionage, the US attorney general told Russia on Friday.

US said to charge man in Benghazi, Libya attack

Phil Mattingly US prosecutors filed a sealed criminal complaint against a Libyan man suspected of playing a leading role in the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, according to two US officials briefed on...

White House rethinks War on Drugs sentencing rules

US Attorney General Eric Holder

Phil Mattingly Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered changes across the Justice Department to eliminate what he called "draconian" mandatory minimum sentences for certain non-violent drug offenders.

US moves to curb drug sentences

Phil Mattingly United States Attorney-General Eric Holder has ordered changes across the Justice Department to eliminate what he calls ''draconian'' mandatory minimum sentences for certain non-violent drug...