According to an internal memo, the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to stop any ongoing ...

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

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

The previous administration’s Department of Justice and Louisville signed the agreement last month, but it has not yet been ...

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

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke with ABC News on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the move by the Trump administration ...

Always ask "Am I free to go?" which helps determine whether you are being detained or arrested. ICE has to meet a legal ...

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

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice ...

Trump “is quickly implementing Project 2025 and is targeting all minorities,” said researcher Allison Chapman.

A memo states that officials are implementing the freeze to be “consistent with the Department’s goal of ensuring that the ...

It said the new administration “may wish to reconsider” such agreements, raising the prospect that it may abandon two consent ...