justice department

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is facing what is likely to be aggressive questioning Wednesday by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on topics ranging from the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press to the government's handling of intelligence before the Boston Marathon bombings...

Some major news organizations in the United States are accused of complicity after details emerged suggesting they bowed to pressure from the Obama administration not to disclose the existence of a secret drone base in Saudi Arabia. The Washington Post and The New York Times in particular are being criticized for sitting on the information for an entire year...