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 investigation of the Kansas City Police Department ended on the last full work day of the ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke with ABC News on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the move by the Trump administration ...

By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department ... of staff at the department, ordered a “litigation freeze” at the department’s Civil Rights Division to decide whether ...

DOJ directive released on Friday states it will limit enforcement of federal law to cases involving death, injury or serious ...

The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.

They were among 12 investigations into law enforcement agencies launched by the Civil Rights Division under Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Justice Department announced last month it had ...

A new Department Justice memo ... actions — criminal or civil — will be permitted without authorization from the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division," Mizelle wrote.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered its Civil Rights Division to halt all ongoing litigation from former President Joe ...

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration ...