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A New York state regulatory agency's investigation means more scrutiny for FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program in the wake of fraud allegations.

President Obama, the CFPB chief and the Virginia State Attorney General have joined forces against debt traps and high-cost loan products.

“Trayvon would have to be here to tell his story,” Tracy Martin reportedly said Wednesday, after investigators said there was insufficient evidence to charge George Zimmerman for killing his son.

U.S. prosecutors have just 90 days to bring cases against individuals for wrongdoing in the 2008 financial crisis. Here's who could be charged.

The Missouri city's police department could reportedly be hit with a lawsuit for alleged discriminatory practices.

The 35-year-old Mexican national was fatally shot by police last week in Pasco, Washington. Police alleged the unarmed man threw rocks at them.

Attorney general-designate Loretta Lynch's highest-profile investigation, of HSBC in 2012, did little to change the bank's culture.

"I would go out to take depositions and be mistaken for the court reporter all the time,” as a young black lawyer, Lynch said.

Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to people familiar with the matter.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has a history of strong stances on hot-button issues.

The attorney general says 300 same-sex couples married a day after a court ruling will get federal benefits.

Two attorneys general are demanding that Google cleans up YouTube and stops profiting from illegal videos.

Attorney General Eric Holder, in an interview with NPR, once again proved just how competent he is -- not.Responding to the general fury toward his Justice Department, after it was revealed it secretly obtained two months of reporter and editor phone records from The Associated Press, including their home and cell phones, Holder said he is uncertain of how many times information has been seized by government investigators during his four-year tenure.

Over 130 inmates have escaped from a Mexican prison in Peidras, located across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. Mexican authorities have undertaken a massive manhunt, while U.S. authorities are closely monitoring the border to assist in the recapture of any prisoners that try to cross.

A government intelligence-gathering program aimed at overseas terror suspects may be improperly collecting communications from innocent Americans, two Democratic senators warned.

The Department of Justice is planning to sue Florida for pressing ahead with a sweeping effort to strike noncitizens from the voting rolls.

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Florida to stop its drive to remove what it says are ineligible voters from their rolls, and Florida is suing Homeland Security.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on holding United States Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress -- and more than two dozen of his party colleagues are going to vote with Republicans against him.

Attorney General Eric Holder assigned two prosecutors to look into the classified document leaks that fed two New York Times articles this past week, further heightening the profile of a debate between Democrats and Republicans about secrecy and the press.

Facebook is working to extend its reach by lifting age restrictions from the site and developing a social network for children that will be monitored by their parents, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A Chicago police officer tells two NBC journalists in a shocking new video that your first amendment rights can be terminated if you're creating a scene or whatever, going on to tell them that your presence is creating a scene.