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Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division

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

The New York Times · 11h

Justice Department Orders a Halt to Civil Rights Work

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

FOX News on MSN · 22h

Department of Justice freezes all civil rights division cases: report

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.

Trump on birthright citizenship restraining order

News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. o… · 3h

Washington judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday, Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in a case brought by Washington and three other states is the first in what is sure to be a long legal fight over the order’s constitutionality.

USA TODAY on MSN · 8h

US judge to hear states' bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order

The lawsuit filed in Seattle has been progressing the fastest of the five cases brought over the executive order.

The Washington Post on MSN · 6h

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A Seattle judge issued a 14-day restraining order in response to a lawsuit from states calling Trump’s effort unconstitutional.

Justice Department, Presidency of Donald Trump

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration

The New York Times · 1d

Justice Dept. to Investigate Local Officials Who Obstruct Immigration Enforcement

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

The Boston Globe · 1d

Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown

A memo from the acting deputy attorney general instructs officials to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration's immigration efforts.

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Justice Dept. revokes job offers to young lawyers in elite honors program

Students or graduates from Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford and other top law schools lost job offers from the Attorney General’s Honors Program.

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Tribal justice office gains new leader amid big changes in Washington

An award-winning government employee has been named as the new director of the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of ...

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Career Justice Department officials reassigned to different positions: reports

The U.S. Justice Department reportedly moved several senior officials to other divisions ahead of the Senate's anticipated ...

'Taking action to defend' birthright citizenship: Delaware joins states suing Trump's order

The Delaware Department of Justice is joining 17 states in suing the Trump administration for its order ending birthright ...

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‘1 tier of justice for all': 5 takeaways from Day 1 of Pam Bondi’s confirmation hearing

Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondi’s confirmation hearing: Accusing President Joe Biden of coordinating ...

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Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller.

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Trump hints at prosecution of Joe Biden: 'He didn't give himself a pardon'

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump hinted in an interview that aired Wednesday that President Joe Biden could still face prosecution, noting the former president did not issue himself a ...

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Trump pardons activists who blockaded abortion clinic entrances

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would pardon pro-life activists convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances. Trump called it “a great honor to sign this.” “They ...

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