Government And Institutions

William Barr is the the 85th Attorney General of the United States.

Council member Jeremiah Ellison promised that the council would "dismantle" the department.

Some say "defund the police" means diverting police department funding to alleviate poverty and therefore reduce crime, while others say it means abolishing police departments entirely.

Even as the U.S. added some jobs in May, the number of people employed by federal, state and local governments dropped by 585,000.

Here’s what you need to know about Opportunity Zones.

Detroit's police chief says it's crazy to defund police departments because of the death of George Floyd.

Some Democratic lawmakers are pledging to reject campaign contributions made by law enforcement officials and unions.

Find out which national parks charge a fee for entry.

The lag was a caused by “a civil unrest crisis within the overarching Covid-19 crisis," the judge said.

FBI is asking the public to send any tips or digital media that shows any violence at protests

The call for police budget cuts comes at a time when most states were already faced with the need to reevaluate spending amid deficits and economic uncertainty that are a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The name comes from the panned 1984 movie “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo,” which has become slang for any bad sequel.

Experts recommend 30 contact tracing agents per 100,000 constituents.

Founded in 1908, the FBI's first and arguably most famous director was J. Edgar Hoover.  So who is current FBI Director Christopher A. Wray?

Five-figures worth of guns were stolen from an Atlanta, Georgia store.

The New York Police Department’s top cop is calling out “organized looters."

The Minneapolis Board of Education voted unanimously to end its contract with the city's police department.

Here’s what you need to know about Rudy Giuliani, who was the mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has apologized to the NYPD commissioner for his scathing rebuke of the department – and the mayor.

Images posted to social media show people looting from businesses in New York City and then leaving the scene on Citi Bikes.