The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last. However, it widely shuts down the civil rights division for at least ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the ...

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

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform ...

The United States Department of Justice announced the formation of a multi-agency task force to investigate antisemitism ...

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Trump is reversing the Civil Rights Division's positions on major legal issues, including voting rights, abortion rights and DEI initiatives.

According to a memo, DOJ attorneys cannot file new complaints, briefs or certain court papers “until further notice.” ...

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice ...

The U.S. Justice Department's new leadership under President Donald Trump ordered cutbacks on Friday on federal prosecutions ...

Donald Trump’s new DOJ leadership has ordered a pause on any ongoing Civil Rights litigation. Prosecutors have also been ordered against opening any new cases, essentially freezing any action in the ...

The new leadership under President Trump has imposed a halt on civil rights litigation and may revisit police reform consent ...