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WASHINGTON – Three senators want the Justice Department to investigate claims that the FBI retaliated against an Arab-American agent by passing him over for top counterterrorism jobs despite his expertise. Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, urged the Justice Department’s inspector general to determine whether …

WASHINGTON – The racial divide exposed by Hurricane Katrina has united minority lawmakers in Congress who hope to leverage their numbers to aid overlooked communities. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus are creating a new group that will include …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday that four former and current partners of Big Four accounting firm KPMG agreed to settle charges stemming from a 1997-2000 earnings manipulation scheme at copier maker Xerox Corp. (XRX). Three of the individuals agreed to pay civil penalties and …