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

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.

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

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired off a series of memos late Wednesday pledging to “root out corruption” among Department of ...

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. Justice Department said it formed a multi-agency task force on Monday to fight antisemitism in schools and ...

It is unclear exactly how long the pause will last, though The Washington Post reported the division will halt action for at ...

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

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Donald Trump’s Justice Department suspends civil rights lawsuits and police reform consent decrees set up by the Biden administration.

A group of anonymous FBI agents sued the Justice Department to prevent the public release of names of bureau personnel who worked on cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.