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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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Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Sessions said he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia investigations

Attorney General Jeff Sessions bowed to pressure Thursday and recused himself from a Justice Department investigation into Moscow's meddling in the presidential election, but he remained adamant that his testimony at a confirmation hearing was forthright despite not disclosing contacts with the Russian ambassador.

March 2, 2017
Jaime Zapata, a special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was fatally shot in February in an ambush. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

ATF, DEA missed chances before 2011 shooting death of ICE agent: Report

Federal agents missed a chance to pursue men connected to the shooting death of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in 2011 and improperly released another man involved in trafficking one of the weapons linked to the shooting, according to an inspector general's report released Wednesday.

March 1, 2017
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file-pool photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is greeted by employees as he arrives at the Justice Department in Washington. The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime could usher in a reversal of that trend. The resources of a prison system that for years has grappled with overcrowding, but that experienced a population drop as Justice Department leaders pushed a different approach to drug prosecutions, could again be taxed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jeff Sessions dismisses FBI, White House conversation on Trump Russia ties

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday he had not examined in detail recent interactions between top FBI officials and the White House regarding alleged connections between Trump administration officials and Russia, nor has he decided whether or not to recuse himself from any potential Justice Department investigation of the matter.

February 27, 2017
New Attorney General Jeff Sessions watches from the background as his Senate replacement Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., is welcomed at a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Justice Department withdraws Obama-era challenge to Texas voter ID law

The Trump administration is reversing yearslong federal support for a legal challenge to Texas' toughest-in-the-nation voter identification law, withdrawing a Justice Department claim of discrimination from a lawsuit filed by civil rights groups, one of which called the reversal an "extraordinary disappointment."

February 27, 2017
The Trump executive order exempts funding intended for "law enforcement purposes" from being cut, but some immigration and constitutional law analysts say that is the exact type of funding that would likely have to be targeted under the order for it to remain constitutional. (Associated Press/File)

California ‘sanctuary’ county seeks hold on federal funding loss

The California county that sued President Trump over his executive order targeting "sanctuary" cities asked a federal judge on Thursday to suspend nationwide implementation of the order, saying it is overbroad and has thrown the county's budget planning process "into immediate and ongoing disarray."

February 23, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump promises to treat Dreamers with ‘great heart’

President Trump said Thursday he will issue a new executive order on extreme vetting that will tailor his policy to comply with adverse rulings from federal courts, insisting he'll be able to "get just about everything" done that he'd intended with a scaled-down policy.

February 16, 2017
In this June 12, 2016, file photo, Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Domestic extremist-related attacks at highest level since Oklahoma City bombing: ADL report

Last year's mass shooting inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando propelled the annual number of deaths linked to domestic extremist-related attacks to their highest level since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and also marked the first time in 30 years that right-wing extremists were not responsible for the bulk of the deaths, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.

February 16, 2017