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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries

The Justice Department is poised to crack down on leaks of information to the news media, authorizing prosecutors to issue subpoenas to news organizations as part of leak investigations, serve search warrants when appropriate and force journalists to testify about their sources.
April 25
A voter casts a ballot during early voting in Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Wisconsin voters cast ballots under national spotlight to decide control of the state Supreme Court

March 18
Donald Trump Jr. greets supporters after a town hall meeting Monday, March 17, 2025, in Oconomowoc, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Trump Jr. casts Wisconsin Supreme Court race as key to advancing Trump’s agenda

March 18
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, AP sources say

March 12
Former U.S. Capitol police officer Harry Dunn, right, speaks out against Republican-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel over his comments related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Former Capitol police officer campaigns in Wisconsin against Republican-backed court candidate

January 28

Abortion a top issue as voting begins in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Voters in Eau Claire said abortion was a top issue in a race that will determine whether liberal or conservative justices control Wisconsin’s highest court. (AP video: Mark Vancleave)

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The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Justice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters’ phone records, watchdog finds

December 10, 2024
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, right, appears with Shomari Figures, the Democratic nominee in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, during an event in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Former US attorney general says House candidate Shomari Figures in Alabama will fight for equality

October 29, 2024
Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, speaks to reporters on Friday, July 21, 2023, at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. Ledbetter says he believes a newly drawn map of Alabama's seven congressional districts will pass muster with courts. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district

July 21, 2023
FILE - Rapper Nipsey Hussle attends an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif., March 29, 2018. Eric R. Holder Jr., who was convicted last year of fatally shooting Hussle in 2019, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in a Los Angeles courtroom. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Nipsey Hussle’s killer gets 60 years to life in prison

February 22, 2023

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

December 3, 2022
FILE - Jack Smith, the Department of Justice's chief of the Public Integrity Section, poses for a photo at the Department of Justice in Washington, Aug. 24, 2010. Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his campaign aides and a list of allies involved in his efforts to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

New special counsel has long career confronting corruption

November 19, 2022
FILE - Rapper Nipsey Hussle attends an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif., March 29, 2018. Three years after rapper Hussle was gunned down outside a Los Angeles clothing store that he founded to help revitalize the neighborhood where he grew up, a trial will finally begin Wednesday, June 15, 2022, for the man charged with killing him. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Witnesses drag feet at trial of Nipsey Hussle shooter

June 24, 2022
Defendant Eric Holder listens during opening statements in his murder trial, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. Holder, 32, faces one count of first degree-murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the killing the Grammy Award-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store three years ago. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail.com via AP, Pool)

Key witness in Nipsey Hussle killing is pressed over errors

June 21, 2022
Defendant Eric Holder listens during opening statements in his murder trial, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. Holder, 32, faces one count of first degree-murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the killing the Grammy Award-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store three years ago. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail.com via AP, Pool)

Woman who drove man who killed Nipsey Hussle testifies

June 21, 2022

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

May 7, 2022

Inquiry finds OHSU misconduct investigations are subpar

December 10, 2021
FILE - In this July 27, 2021 file photo, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans. Illinois Democrats are delivering, using their dominance in state government to advance new congressional district maps on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, intended to eliminate two Republican-held districts and send more Democrats to Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP File)

Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House

October 29, 2021
FILE - In this July 27, 2021 file photo, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans. Illinois Democrats are delivering, using their dominance in state government to advance new congressional district maps on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, intended to eliminate two Republican-held districts and send more Democrats to Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP File)

Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House

October 29, 2021

Wisconsin remains a priority state for redistricting

May 19, 2021

Former AG Holder to investigate OHSU harssment complaints

March 31, 2021

Eric Holder to review equity issues at Seattle Children’s

January 16, 2021

Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting inquiry

December 17, 2020
FILE - In this May 2020 file photo, Tyson's Fresh Meat workers file in for a tour of safety measures put into place after the plant in Waterloo, Iowa, had to shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Lawyers for the estates of dead workers allege that the top official at Tyson Foods’ largest pork plant created a pool for managers to bet on how many workers would get infected during a coronavirus outbreak. (Brandon Pollock/The Courier via AP, File)

Tyson suspends Iowa plant managers amid virus betting claim

November 19, 2020
In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

Pelosi tells fellow Democrats ‘it’s all riding on Wisconsin’

August 20, 2020
FILE - This June 23, 2019 file photo shows Lauren London, Nipsey Hussle's partner, and their son Kross on stage as the late rapper is presented with the humanitarian award at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. Hussle, 33, was shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store on March 31, 2019. A year after Hussle's death, his popularity and influence are as strong as ever. He won two posthumous Grammys in January, he remains a favorite of his hip-hop peers and his death has reshaped his hometown of Los Angeles in some unexpected ways. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

How a chance reunion led to Nipsey Hussle’s death

March 31, 2020
CORRECTS SOURCE AND PHOTOGRAPHER - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks about legislation he signed into law and addressed his transitional agenda as he prepares to leave office during a news conference Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis. Walker signed a sweeping package of Republican-written legislation Friday that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, brushing aside complaints that he is enabling a brazen power grab and ignoring the will of voters. (Jim Matthews/The Green Bay Press-Gazette via AP)

Wisconsin’s Walker signs sweeping lame-duck GOP bills

December 14, 2018
Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., center, walks through the Expertise Cosmetology Institute during an event for her Senate campaign, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Las Vegas. Battleground races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor will make Nevada voters Tuesday a key decider of power in Congress and the state’s political landscape for a decade. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nevada voters to play decisive role in Tuesday’s election

November 4, 2018

Governor’s race could flip power or continue Nevada dynasty

November 3, 2018

President should stop incendiary rhetoric

October 29, 2018

Eric Holder speaks out on ‘kick them’ comment: ‘Stop the fake outrage’

October 11, 2018
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2017 file photo, Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Howard Marklein sits in the Senate chambers at the State Capitol in Madison. Marklein faces Democrat Kriss Marion in the 17th District in the November election. (Michelle Stocker/The Capital Times via AP)

Control of Congress also at stake in state legislative races

September 22, 2018

Bill Clinton, Smokey Robinson to speak at Franklin funeral

August 24, 2018

Eric Holder group spends $175K to back Democrats in Wisconsin special legislative elections

May 30, 2018
Rev. Bernice King, second from left, daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., tours an exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. The museum was formerly the Lorraine Motel, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Holder at MLK event: Age of bullies, bigots not fully over

April 2, 2018

Events to honor King, 50 years since Memphis assassination

April 2, 2018
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