Democrats who are leading a push to remove J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the FBI headquarters building are citing a new film that explores the bureau’s former attempts to discredit civil rights activists under a subversive program known as COINTELPRO.
Democrats in the U.S. House are trying to remove J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the FBI’s headquarters building, calling the bureau’s former director a bigot who violated the civil rights of black leaders and political rivals.
Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was fired by President Trump, told lawmakers that Attorney General William Barr repeatedly pressured him to resign.
House Democrats are urging the TSA to require masks for travelers at airport security checkpoints to protect agency employees and others.
House Democrats announced a plan Monday to severely cut the budgets of Border Patrol and ICE to reduce Homeland Security’s deportation operations.
The dispute between House Democrats and the Trump administration over releasing secret grand jury materials from Robert Mueller’s investigation will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Much of evidence collected during special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has remained secret, but that could change as the impeachment inquiry continues.
House Democrats are questioning why Trump’s administration “is failing to address white supremacist extremist violence” as domestic terrorism is on the rise.
