The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

According to an internal memo, the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to stop any ongoing leftover litigation from former President Joe Biden’s administration. The ...

An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days.

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

The Department of Justice is reportedly halting all litigation from its Civil Rights Division carried over from the Biden administration. A memo instructed division supervisor Kathleen Wolfe to ensure ...

Apart from codifying the rights of children in custody, the legislature should hold hearings this winter where state ...

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday.

Minneapolis is implementing its consent decree, prioritizing community trust and transparency over political expediency.

A federal judge on Monday expressed skepticism about the Justice Department’s proposed consent decree requiring Louisville ... Justice Department’s civil rights division.

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It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a memo to its civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation originating from the Biden administration and halting the pursuit of any ...