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Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions
The Justice Department is suing four states over climate action. The office argued in filings Wednesday that a lawsuit out of ...
Exodus at DOJ civil rights division as official says 'over 100' attorneys departed
The Justice Department's division tasked with enforcing the nation's federal civil rights laws has recently seen a mass ...
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Biden administration stood up for this trans inmate. Now DOJ says it’s ok to deny her health care.
The Department of Justice once supported a trans inmate who accused the prison of discrimination and rape. The department ...
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US Justice Department rescinds Biden-era protections for press
One discrete issue raised by the memorandum is how it impacts Justice Department compliance with the Privacy Protection Act ...
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Two Venezuelans nationals charged for fraudulent PPP loans, DOJ reports
Two Venezuelan natives who were granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the U.S. have been charged with submitting false ...
White House seeks budget cuts for Justice Department law enforcement offices, sources say
The White House is poised to ask Congress to cut funding for several of the Justice Department's law enforcement offices ...
As the DOJ’s civil rights chief, Harmeet Dhillon sees a mass exodus of staffers
The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said more than 100 employees decided “they’d rather not do what ...
DOJ quietly changed asylum policy, allows judges to dismiss cases without hearing
An April memo from the Department of Justice directs immigration judges to throw out asylum applications deemed "legally ...
Bondi's Firing of DOJ Lawyer for Lack of 'Zealous Advocacy' in Deportation Case Raises Concerns
A leading legal ethics scholar warned that the U.S. attorney general's action may "intimidate DOJ lawyers from exercising independent judgment." The acting deputy director of the DOJ's Office of ...
US Justice Department Sues Hawaiʻi, 3 Other States Over Climate Actions
The agency argued that pending lawsuits from Hawaiʻi and Michigan against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate ...
U.S. Department of Justice Final Rule Implementing Executive Order 14117
As you may be aware, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has issued its Final Rule implementing Executive Order 14117, Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States ...