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The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the investigation into the firing of the U.S. Attorneys in 2006. Glenn Fine, the Department of Justice Inspector General, in his testimony sum…

The third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, focused on military, security, and foreign policy issues. Senator Barack Obama was nominated by a…

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations” to examine legal and legislative responses to allegations of misconduct and the expan…

Attorney General Mukasey testified at a Department of Justice oversight hearing about a number of issues including national security programs and operations, voting rights enforcement and pr…

Attorney General Ashcroft and others testified about the Department of Justice’s work and formulation of legal policies for the interrogation and detention of enemy combatants held at facili…

Representative Robert Wexler talked about and read excertps from Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress, his book that describes his e…

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan testified about reported efforts to cover up the role of the White House in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a Central Intel…

The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee considered two separate challenges concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the national convention in …

FBI Director Robert Mueller testified at an oversight hearing on law enforcement operations and practices at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Among the topics he addressed were warnings …

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus testified on the current situation in Iraq. The witnesses largely reiterated their opening statements before the House Armed Services …

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus gave their opening statements at a hearing on the status of the war and political developments in Iraq. General Petraeus said that the…

Attorney General Mukasey testified at an oversight hearing of his department. Topics included the politicization of the Justice Department, waterboarding and torture, selective prosecution, …