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Andrea Noble

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Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

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Honduran Navy officers patrol in Patuca river, near Ahuas, a remote community in La Mosquitia region, Honduras, Monday, May 21, 2012. On May 11, a joint Honduran-U.S. drug raid, on a helicopter mission with advisers from the DEA, appears to have mistakenly targeted civilians in the remote jungle area, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others. Later, according to villagers, Honduran police narcotics forces and men speaking English spent hours searching the small town of Ahuas for a suspected drug trafficker. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DEA botched internal probe of deadly drug operation in Honduras: Watchdog

The Drug Enforcement Administration did not properly investigate a 2012 drug operation in Honduras that took the lives of four innocent civilians, including two women and a 14-year-old boy, and misled Congress and the Justice Department about the incident, a government watchdog report concluded.

May 24, 2017
Former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman is being vetted as a possible replacement for James B. Comey as the head of the FBI, the White House said. (Associated Press)

Joe Lieberman among Trump picks to head FBI

Among the most pressing items on President Trump's to-do list when he returns to Washington next week from his first trip overseas will be the task of selecting an FBI director to replace the agency's ousted leader, James B. Comey.

May 21, 2017
FILE- In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Rosenstein has told members of Congress he stands by a memo he wrote that preceded the president's firing of FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rosenstein unaware of FBI request for additional Russia resources

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said he had no evidence to support some recent news reports that FBI Director James B. Comey requested additional resources for the bureau's investigation involving Russian influence in the 2016 election right before he was fired, according to House members exiting an all-member briefing with Mr. Rosenstein Friday.

May 19, 2017
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III was named as special counsel to oversee the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (AP file) ** FILE **

Robert Mueller named special prosecutor in Trump FBI Russia probe

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed a former FBI director as special counsel to oversee the investigation into Russian efforts to influence the presidential election, agreeing to Democrats' demands to elevate the probe and put it outside President Trump's political chain of command.

May 17, 2017
In this May 16, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump personally appealed to then-FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to notes, disclosed late Tuesday, that Comey wrote after the meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress presses for Comey notes on Trump interactions

Following explosive reports that former FBI Director James Comey documented a request by President Trump to end an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, members of Congress are now seeking records kept by the former director about his communications with the president.

May 17, 2017

Seth Rich’s family, police deny reports linking slain DNC staffer to WikiLeaks

The family of a Democratic National Committee staffer who was slain in Northwest last year has denied reports that he had been in contact with the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, and the Metropolitan Police Department has rejected accusations that detectives had been ordered to stand down in the unsolved homicide.

May 16, 2017
Isra Ayesh, right, of Seattle, who is the organizing director of Americans for Refugees and Immigrants, leads a chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Monday, May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in Seattle over Hawaii's lawsuit challenging the travel ban, which would suspend the nation's refugee program and temporarily bar new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Federal judges skeptical of Donald Trump’s motivation for travel ban

Judges from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals questioned Monday how they were to know if the Trump administration's executive order on travel and refugees was truly justified by national security concerns or officials were using those concerns to prop up a Muslim ban.

May 15, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms. Critics call this decision “dumb on crime.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (credit)

Jeff Sessions wants tougher sentences for criminals

Critics panned Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to pursue stiffer criminal charges and longer prison sentences against defendants as "draconian" and "dumb on crime," arguing that the rollback of Obama-era policy subjects low-level offenders to unduly harsh punishment.

May 14, 2017