The government under President Donald Trump is bending the arc of US history in a new direction, away from the civil rights ...

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The Justice Department's division tasked with enforcing the nation's federal civil rights laws has recently seen a mass ...

Democrats are demanding answers about a shifting work focus, diminished staffing and demands of Trump loyalty within the ...

The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said more than 100 employees decided “they’d rather not do what ...

President Donald Trump has entrusted Harmeet Dhillon to enforce his culture agenda, a mission that involves reorienting the ...

A group of seven Democratic senators are questioning the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its shake-up to its Civil Rights ...

Civil rights division director Harmeet K. Dhillon has redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian ...

The Trump administration has shifted staff and undertaken a series of policy changes at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights ...

Memos show the division has abandoned a mission of enforcing laws against discrimination in hiring, housing and voting rights ...

Trump Justice Department officials are overseeing a purge of the department’s civil rights division to repurpose the agency ...