Justice Department, civil rights lawsuits

Justice Department ends lawsuits over tests for police and fire jobs
Trump appointees are taking a sharply different approach from Biden officials on "disparate impact" discrimination claims.
Justice Department Abandoning Cases Alleging Discriminatory Police and Firefighter Hiring
The Justice Department is abandoning Biden administration cases that sought to force police and fire departments to end alleged discriminatory hiring practices, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesd
Trump’s Justice Department Kills Lawsuits Against State and Local First Responders Accused of Discrimination
With police and fire departments facing extreme shortages, the Trump administration is rescinding Biden-era attempts to lower admission standards
Firings and resignations at the Department of Justice in first weeks of the Trump administration
President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. Amid the firings and resignations, one leader described a workplace of "confusion" and "fear."
Justice Department drops discrimination lawsuit against South Bend, police department
The lawsuit alleged discrimination in the hiring process for entry-level police officers at the South Bend Police Department.
Justice Department drops lawsuit filed against Cobb County over fire department’s former hiring practices
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department is abandoning a lawsuit filed against Cobb County over its former hiring practices for firefighters, which allegedly discriminated against Black applicants.
Justice Department anti-Semitism task force to visit 10 U.S. college campuses
The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday it is forming a task force to investigate anti-Semitism on college campuses.
At Senate hearing, Trump Justice Department nominees are cagey on whether they’d follow court orders
Two of President Donald Trump’s nominees for senior Justice Department positions – including his former personal attorney – ...
Justice Department Says Pardons for Jan. 6 Riot Cover Other Crimes
Prosecutors are siding with some defendants who argue the pardon absolves them of additional offenses, some discovered during ...
Judge criticizes Justice Department’s broad reading of Trump’s Capitol riot pardons
A federal judge has criticized the Justice Department’s evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who ...
Chief justice halts lower court decision ordering Trump administration to pay State Department, USAID contractors
A federal district judge ordered the Trump administration to pay invoices and funding requests to State Department and USAID ...
Durham firefighter applicants lose $1M settlement after Justice Department reversal on lawsuit
The dismissal of the suit relieves the City of Durham from paying nearly $1 million in compensation over an unintentionally ...
WA department wrongly removed boy from family’s home, jury finds
The child was placed in temporary living situations after being taken away due to “baseless accusations of parental neglect,” ...
Justice Dept. hires for court battles as Trump slashes other agencies
The Justice Department is recruiting and hiring lawyers to the civil division to defend Trump administration policies against ...