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October 21, 2021

Garland denies DOJ labeling parents as domestic terrorists following school board memo

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday denied claims that the Justice Department would label parents as domestic terrorists following a recent memorandum he sent to DOJ employees.

October 21, 2021

Sen. Kennedy slams Biden's chaotic crises response

Sen. John Kennedy torches Biden on 'Hannity' over the administration's chaotic handling of American crises: 'try harder not to suck.'

October 20, 2021

Garland expected to face intense questioning on controversial school board memo, other ongoing crises

Texas' abortion ban, voting rights, the border crisis and the Jan. 6 riots could all come up as big topics that have caught attention during Attorney General Merrick Garland's brief time leading the Department of Justice.

October 19, 2021

Seventeen states ask Biden, Garland to stop intimidating parents into silence at school board meetings

Seventeen state attorneys general penned a letter to President Biden and Merrick Garland demanding a cease to “scare tactics” used by the federal government to intimidate parents into silence at school board meetings.

October 19, 2021

America First Legal appeals denial of FOIA request on DOJ targeting school board 'violence'

America First Legal filed an appeal Tuesday after the Department of Justice denied expedited processing of their Freedom of Information Act request seeking information on the department's October memo promising to combat 'threats of violence' against school boards and teachers

October 19, 2021

Law enforcement blame 'defund the police,' liberal prosecutors for dramatic spike in assaults on police

Law enforcement leaders are pinning blame on the "defund the police" movement and liberal soft-on-crime prosecutors for the dramatic rise of assaults and violence toward police officers in 2020, which increased by 4,000 attacks from 2019.

October 18, 2021

America First Legal request for expedited FOIA on DOJ targeting school board 'violence' denied

The Department of Justice denied a request by America First Legal for expedited processing of a Freedom of Information Act request seeking information from the DOJ on its October memo.

October 16, 2021

US Commission on Civil Rights members blast AG Garland for memo on parents protesting school boards

Four out of the eight members of the U.S Commission on Civil Rights have penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, chastising him for his recent memo regarding parents who protest school boards.

October 16, 2021

Psaki, DOJ in damage control mode after Biden says subpoena defiers should be prosecuted

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and White House press secretary Jen Psaki are doing damage control after President Biden told reporters Friday evening that anyone who defies a congressional subpoena should be prosecuted. 

October 16, 2021

Ex-Obama adviser David Axelrod suggests Biden keep mum on Jan. 6 panel's subpoena holdouts

Former Obama adviser David Axelrod suggested Friday that President Biden refrain from commenting on the Jan. 6 select committee hearings after the president told reporters the Justice Department should prosecute any witnesses who refuse to comply with the panel's subpoenas.