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Trump Administration Affirms It Will Not Send Federal FBI Agents to Polling Sites for the Election

The Justice Department told a federal court that FBI and ICE personnel will not monitor the 3 November US midterms, although staff from other agencies may participate.

International Business Times UK · Oct 30

Justice Department seeks federal indictment against former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Then a D.C. grand jury rejects the attempt: ‘Not concurred’

Trump publicly urged the DOJ to pursue Hutchinson

We Got This Covered · Oct 28

Green Card jobs: Food delivery company Instacart agrees to pay $5 million penalty for discriminating against Americans

Instacart Green Card Jobs: Department of Justice said its investigation revealed that Instacart asked US workers to physically mail their applications for PER jobs while for visa holders, electronic applications were accepted. DOJ concluded that it was a discrimination against US workers and creating a burden on them.

The Times of India · Oct 20

Justice Department prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation

Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have announced their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in…

The Independent UK · Jan 13

Trump is gutting civil rights enforcement — and blocking a key tool against discrimination

Right-wing activist Harmeet Dhillon leads the storied Civil Rights Division while Trump orders federal agencies to stop enforcing laws that ban 'disparate impact'

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Sees Mass Exodus Amid Sweeping Policy Overhaul

Over 70% of staff expected to exit the agency. At the heart of the exodus is a fundamental reorientation of the Civil Rights Division's goals.

International Business Times · Apr 29, 2025

How Ferguson elevated the profile of the Justice Department's civil rights enforcers

The investigations into Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri 10 years ago catapulted the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division into the spotlight

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024

Three men have 1994 murder convictions vacated in case investigated by killer police officer

Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting have been ordered freed

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

3 murder verdicts vacated in case investigated by killer cop

Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting have been ordered freed

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

DOJ investigating Kansas City police’s employment practices for racial discrimination

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of employment practices at the Kansas City Police Department to determine if the force engaged in racial discrimination.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022