DALLAS (AP) – The leader of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense says the U.S. Justice Department was right to drop a voter intimidation suit against his group because the case was weak. New Black Panther Party National Chairman Malik Shabazz says recent attempts to question that ruling are nothing more than a “political [...]

Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress banned the government from providing money to the group. The department’s conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page [...]