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CHICAGO| Attorney General Eric Holder says the nation is facing "critical times" when it comes to the lack of trust that exists between some communities and law enforcement.

Holder stopped in Chicago on Friday for a discussion with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and community leaders.

Holder says the solution is confronting the issue and both sides need to understand each other.

The meeting is part of an effort launched by President Barack Obama after clashes between protesters and police in Ferguson, Mo.

Holder spoke briefly before the closed-door discussion. Attendees included the Rev. Michael Pfleger, of Chicago.

The meeting follows a similar one in Atlanta, where Holder said the Justice Department would release guidance aimed at ending racial profiling. Others were held in Cleveland and Memphis, Tenn.

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder won't compel The New York Times' James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, to name his confidential source on CIA operations intended to prevent Iran from building its nuclear program.

It's the conclusion of a standoff that has lasted for years, as NPR's David Folkenflik reported for our Newscast unit. It began in 2006, David reports, when "Risen's book State of War revealed the CIA had botched a scheme to feed the Iranians faulty material on how to refine nuclear fuel for weapons."

After that, "federal officials called for investigations, and Risen received his first of three subpoenas to compel him to disclose his source."

Risen, who shared a Pulitzer Prize for revealing the scope of the NSA's warrentless wiretapping program in 2005, refused, and risked jail as a result.

In June, however, Holder insisted that Risen wouldn't face jail time, saying, "As long as I'm attorney general, no reporter who is doing his job is going to go to jail."

Holder's decision not to compel Risen to reveal his source was first reported by NBC News. Risen's attorney had no comment, saying he has not received any formal word from the Justice Department about the decision.

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Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio will be the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)Sherrod Brown, a critic of large banks, will be the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee when the new Congress takes office.

The Ohio senator had been expected to be elevated to ranking member, making him the Democratic leader on the committee. Typically, ranking member and chairman positions are decided among Senate leadership.

Chairman Tim Johnson, a Democrat from South Dakota, announced his retirement at the end of the current session. Republicans will have the majority, and thus the committee chairmanships, when the new session begins in January.

Brown became the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee after more-senior senator chose not to become ranking member or seek leadership positions on other committees.

Brown has been seen as a critic of large financial institutions.

Hes somebody who really sees the financial sector and who really believes the financial sector should work for the broader interest of the public, said Marcus Stanley, policy director of Americans for Financial Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.

Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama is expected to become chairman of the committee. Like Brown, Shelby has been expected to address the issue of too-big-to-fail banks.

Brown collaborated with Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana on legislation to prevent taxpayer bailouts of financial institutions.

But Brown also negotiated with Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, on legislation that would clarify a rule in the Dodd-Frank law that would allow the Federal Reserve to regulate insurance companies differently than large banks.

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