WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- A federal judge set a May 2 deadline for the U.S. Justice Department to decide how to prosecute two lobbyists accused of passing information to Israel.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An Alexandria, Va., federal judge, in a ruling with potentially broad implications, has cleared the way for the trial of two pro-Israel lobbyists.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27 (UPI) -- A former aide to Rep. William Jefferson has been sentenced in Virginia to eight years in prison for conspiring to bribe the embattled Louisiana Democrat. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Brett Pfeffer that his sentence could be significantly lowere

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who claims to be an innocent victim of the U.S. terrorism suspect transfer program.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department asked that German citizen Khaled el-Masri's wrongful imprisonment suit against the CIA be dismissed, citing national security.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 (UPI) -- Top Bush administration officials, including Condoleezza Rice, reportedly will be asked to testify in the Virginia espionage case of former Israeli lobbyists.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A former State Department analyst and Iran expert was sentenced to 12 years Friday for passing classified information to Israel and two pro-Israeli lobbyists.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 (UPI) -- A Pentagon analyst was named in a federal indictment in Alexandria, Va., that alleges he disclosed classified information to a pro-Israeli lobbying group.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 (UPI) -- A Virginia judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a group of illegal immigrants who claimed state colleges discriminated against them, the Washington Times said.