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A child is passed over a border wall to the arms of a man wearing jeans, a red cap and tan sweatshirt.

The pain of family separations is still being felt. What could Biden do? 

Migration

Since 2017, more than 5,500 children have been separated due to Trump administration policies — and thousands still remain in limbo. Biden has said that on his first day in office, he’ll create a federal task force to reunite separated families.

A hand holds a smartphone with Wikileaks webpage logo

US elections require a ‘well-educated electorate about Russian tactics,’ says Sen. Warner

Elections
Attorney General William Barr speaks at a lectern while standing beside President Donald Trump.

DOJ veteran says Barr’s request for foreign help on CIA, FBI probe is ‘stunning’

Trump administration

Jury convicts Blagojevich of corruption

Global Politics
In Novemeber of 2009, Eric Holder announced that the accused mastermind of the September 11th attacks, and four other top terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, would be prosecuted in criminal courts.

Eric Holder will resign, leaving a mixed legacy on national security issues

Justice
The World

Day one of former Illinois governor’s much-anticipated trial

Conflict & Justice

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich political corruption trial begins today. Politico.com’s Jonathan Allen and Chicago Public Radio’s Criminal Justice’s Rob Wildeboer discuss the local and national implications of this monumental trial.

Eric Holder’s legacy still up for debate

Global Politics

As the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, will Eric Holder be remembered best as the man who eased up on drug sentencing, the man who refused to prosecute financial institutions, or will his legacy be marked by other accomplishments or failures?

Congress, Attorney General in stare-down over contempt, executive privilege

Global Politics

The Fast and Furious operation, led by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Arizona, has been a political controversy for months. But things got much more heated Wednesday when President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege for not handing the documents over, while Congress moved to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt.

American politics and corruption

Global Politics

In a political system based on wheeling and dealing, how did Illinois Governor Blagojevich step over the line, and what constitutes breaking the law.

U.S. Seizes A.P.’s Phone Records: Media Surveillance and the Law

On May 7, 2012, the Associated Press published an article about a Yemen-based terror plot, set for the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, thwarted by the C.I.A. Now, the A.P. believes that story may have made them a target of the U.S. Department of Justice. Around the time the A.P. filed this story, the […]