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

The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing ...

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police ...

The Justice Department froze civil-rights litigation to allow the incoming Trump administration to review the agencies ...

The order does not say how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the division for at least the first weeks ...

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

The Trump administration has told the Civil Rights division at the Justice Department to stop pursuing any new indictments, ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Fayette County, Tennessee, alleging that the Board of County ...

In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called ...

The Trump administration, in a memo, instructed lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division not to file any new complaints, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days.