Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
The Justice Department plans to drop a Biden-era lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by employees of a company that houses ...
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The agreement between the EPA and Colorado illustrates how the state has benefited from strong federal oversight even when it ...
State officials say they’ll fight for environment “with or without the federal government,” but critics are skeptical.
The station became a historical landmark in 1961 after Freedom Riders were attacked there by white supremacists during the civil rights movement ... officer for the United States Attorney ...
While local and state governments hold sway over most educational issues in the United States ... disadvantaged students. The department also enforces civil rights laws. The independent Consumer ...
For example, it states that “diverse slate ... of federal funding or other punitive actions. The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division not only reportedly has frozen cases and ...
Former Atlantic City attorney Yolanda Melville has been named director of the New Jersey Division ... time for civil rights protections in America, which makes the work of states such as New ...
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday fired at least two senior career officials at the U.S. Justice Department, including the head of the office that ...
Two active-duty U.S. soldiers and one former soldier were arrested after being accused of selling state secrets to foreign countries, including China, the Department of Justice said Thursday.