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Hollywood's Best Hopes To Keep Moviegoers Engaged After 'Endgame'

May 27, 2019 • Hollywood's summer blockbuster season got a $2 billion head start this year from Avengers: Endgame. Now, with summer actually getting under way, how will Tinseltown keep the momentum going?

Hollywood's Best Hopes To Keep Moviegoers Engaged After 'Endgame'

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Dutch Police Bust Gang That Allegedly Snatched iPhones From Moving Trucks

July 31, 2017 • Authorities say five men were arrested after one heist, but are thought to be responsible for some 17 such highway burglaries.

Hollywood Rediscovers Cuba: Is It Too Soon To Call It Havanawood?

Actor Vin Diesel drives a vintage American car next to actress Michelle Rodriguez while shooting the latest installment of the Fast and Furious movie franchise in Havana, Cuba on April 28. Fast and Furious 8 is the second U.S. movie, and the first big-budget Hollywood film, to be shot in Havana since relations began improving between the two countries. Fernando Medina/AP hide caption

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Hollywood Rediscovers Cuba: Is It Too Soon To Call It Havanawood?

May 4, 2016 • Fast & Furious 8 is the second U.S. movie, and the first big-budget Hollywood film, to be shot in Cuba since the recent improvement of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Hollywood Rediscovers Cuba: Is It Too Soon To Call It Havanawood?

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Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Slaying Of Border Patrol Agent

February 10, 2014 • The killing uncovered a botched gun-walking scheme known as "Fast and Furious." Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, a Mexican national, is the first convicted in the shooting death of agent Brian Terry.

Lanny Breuer, Justice Dept.'s Criminal Division Chief, Says He Will Step Down

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Lanny Breuer, Justice Dept.'s Criminal Division Chief, Says He Will Step Down

January 30, 2013 • Breuer's tenure as chief of the Justice Department's criminal division was marked by the scandal of "Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation and the biggest biggest criminal investigation in department history.

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Lawmakers Demand Update On 'Fast And Furious' Personnel

October 22, 2012 • Republicans Charles Grassley of Iowa and Darrell Issa of California want to know if a whistleblower is being punished while one of the ATF managers involved is being allowed to "double-dip."

Justice Department Watchdog Blasts 'Fast And Furious' Operation

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Justice Department Watchdog Blasts 'Fast And Furious' Operation

September 19, 2012 • Rather than faulting Attorney General Eric Holder, the inspector general's report on the botched gun-trafficking operation places some blame on his chief of staff and a deputy.

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Justice's Inspector General: No Evidence Holder Knew Of Failed Gun-Walking Sting

September 19, 2012 • The investigation, however, did prompt the resignation of one high-ranking official as well as the retirement of former ATF director Kenneth Melson.

House Republicans Sue AG Holder Over 'Fast And Furious' Documents

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House Republicans Sue AG Holder Over 'Fast And Furious' Documents

August 13, 2012 • The White House has exerted executive privilege over the documents in question. Republicans say Obama has overstepped his authority.

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Fast And Furious Whistle-blower Reaches Agreement Over Retaliation Claims

August 7, 2012 • ATF agent Peter Forcelli testified in front of Congress about the failed gun-walking operation.

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Reports: GOP Lawmakers Blame Five ATF Officials For 'Fast And Furious'

July 31, 2012 • Republican lawmakers are also calling on the Obama administration to strengthen the bureau's leadership, according to news outlets.

It's All Politics

House Panel's Contempt Vote Against Holder Part Of Political Firefight

June 20, 2012 • There's little evidence that the flap over Fast and Furious will make a difference to most voters come November. But there are a number of conservative gun owners in battleground states like Ohio who could be energized to oppose President Obama.

House Committee Cites Attorney General Holder For Contempt

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House Committee Cites Attorney General Holder For Contempt

June 20, 2012 • The panel's decision next goes to the full House. It was a vote along partisan lines over whether the Justice Department has fully cooperated with the committee's investigation of the Fast and Furious gun trafficking operation.

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White House Exerts Executive Privilege Over 'Fast And Furious' Documents

June 20, 2012 • The political battle between the Obama administration and the House Oversight and Government has ratcheted up another notch.

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House Republicans, Holder Head For Showdown Over Gun-Trafficking Scandal

June 19, 2012 • The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will meet Wednesday to consider a report holding Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, a botched gun-trafficking operation. A meeting between the committee's head and Holder on Tuesday failed to resolve differences.

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Report Blames ATF Agents For Botched Gun-Trafficking Operation

February 2, 2012 • The report by congressional Republicans says ATF agents and supervisors should have realized two targets of their criminal case along the Southwest border had already been under investigation by the DEA and the FBI. It comes the same day the attorney general faces questions on Capitol Hill about the debacle.

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Emails Show How 'Fast And Furious' Ambush News Unfolded At Justice Dept.

January 27, 2012 • For the first time, the Justice Department has made public a series of sensitive messages that passed to the highest levels of the agency within hours of an ambush that killed a U.S. border patrol agent in 2010, igniting a national scandal over a gun trafficking investigation gone wrong.

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Documents Suggest Bush Administration Used 'Fast And Furious' Tactics

January 5, 2012 • The Obama administration released 500 pages of documents, which they say show Bush officials lost track of weapons in Mexico as early as March 2006. At the time, the ATF was running an operation called "Wide Receiver."

Family Of Agent Killed By 'Fast And Furious' Rifle Demands Accountability

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Family Of Agent Killed By 'Fast And Furious' Rifle Demands Accountability

December 16, 2011 • The family of Brian Terry said they were not interested in using his death as "political football" but they "want to know the truth."

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Senator Calls For Justice's Criminal Division Chief To Step Down

December 7, 2011 • Saying it was time for accountability, Sen. Charles Grassley said Lanny Breuer showed a "complete lack of judgment" in relation to a failed gun-walking operation.

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Holder Subpoenaed In Gun-Trafficking Scandal

October 12, 2011 • Saying "it's time we know the whole truth" about the so-called Fast and Furious gun trafficking operation, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today followed through on his promise to issue the subpoenas.

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IG Probing Whether 'Fast And Furious' Whistle Blower Was Punished

July 21, 2011 • The Justice Department inspector general has opened an investigation into possible retaliation against a whistle-blowing agent at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, according to two people briefed on the inquiry.

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Feds Seek Data On Gun Buyers Along Border

July 11, 2011 • Gun dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas will need to tell federal regulators about anyone who purchases multiple semi-automatic weapons in a short period of time. A GOP lawmaker says the Obama administration is being hypocritical.

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ATF Chief Tells Congress What He Knows About 'Fast And Furious'

July 6, 2011 • His testimony has raised the possibility that other agencies kept important information from ATF, lawmakers say. They're warning the Justice Department not to take action against the ATF chief or others who tell their stories.

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