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For decades, the Department of Justice has used court-enforced agreements to protect civil rights, successfully desegregating school systems, reforming police departments, ensuring access for the disabled and defending the religious. Now, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ appears to be turning away from this storied tool, called consent decrees. Top officials in the DOJ

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — An Illinois man who shot a GOP congressman Wednesday morning in Virginia was described as “an angry little man” with “a chip on his shoulder” by a lawyer who represented him in past legal trouble. The man identified as the gunman in Virginia, James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, was killed in

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in House leadership, was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after being shot during a baseball practice, according to the hospital treating him. Two Capitol Hill police officers and at least two others were also shot and injured in a melee that triggered heightened security in and

As news broke Wednesday that a lone gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for the Thursday Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, members from both sides of the political came together in a rare show of unity and support. D.C. politics came to a screeching halt in the early morning after reports revealed that several

Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor today after learning that James T. Hodgkinson, the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice had volunteered for his presidential campaign. Sanders said, “I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign. I

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip during a congressional baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning. His injuries were non-life-threatening, a congressional source told ABC News. Multiple congressional aides were also hit by the gunman. Several Republican lawmakers were in attendance. “Behind third base, I see a rifle…I hear Steve Scalise over

WASHINGTON — Rep. Rodney Davis was just yards from the gunman who opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday morning, an attack he blames on the “hatefulness” in American politics today. “This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act,” Davis, R-Ill., told CNN as he stood in the Capitol, still

Senator Kamala Harris is a law enforcement veteran who became known for her doggedness and tough questioning during a 25-year career as a trailblazer prosecutor that included serving as the first female district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California. So, it would seem she doesn’t need to be told how to behave

A gunman shot and killed three people at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco Wednesday morning, before fatally shooting himself in front of police officers, authorities say. Six people suffered gunshot wounds and four were killed, according to San Francisco Police. The dead included the gunman, who shot himself in the head, according