UVA President James Ryan resigned in an effort to comply with the Trump administration’s demand that schools remove any and all DEI initiatives. 

Consent decrees, which have often been used to spur police reform in cities where misconduct, bias, and poor policing are endemic, are under attack from the Trump Administration.

The mayor of New York City is now free to run for reelection without the encumbrance of a legal battle looming over him.

According to the Justice Department, Donner faces a $250,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.

The Justice Department joins the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of Casey Goodson Jr., who was holding a sandwich, not a gun, when he was killed in Columbus, Ohio on Dec. 4.

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A U.S. Department of Justice spokesman issued a statement condemning a judge permanently blocking Trump's executive order to stop funding sanctuary cities.

One of Dana Boente’s first moves was to rescind Sally Yates’ order not to defend Trump’s Muslim travel ban in court.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was extradited to the U.S. on Thursday evening.

The HuffPost forecast model shows Clinton has a 98.2 percent chance of becoming the nation’s next president and will likely win with 323 electoral votes.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday closed a probe prompted by the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray. It concluded Baltimore police officers regularly violate the constitutional rights of Black residents through the use of excessive force, unlawful searches and arrests, and racial discrimination.

Michael Moore, a U.S. attorney based in Macon, launched an investigation into Johnson's death in October of 2013. After Moore left his position, the case was passed to federal prosecutors in Ohio.

A federal court orders Cleveland, Mississippi to desegregate its secondary schools. The judge approved a Justice Department plan to consolidate the middle and high schools.