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Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says
A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it’s being redirected toward ...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its ...
DOJ ends decades-old school desegregation order, more expected
When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued ...
Harmeet Dhillon upends DOJ Civil Rights Division in shift toward curbing antisemitism and DEI
Trump put his trust in Dhillon to enforce his culture agenda, a mission that involves reorienting the historic civil rights office.
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 ...
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Over 100 DOJ Civil Rights Lawyers Quit Under Trump
More than 100 lawyers have resigned from the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division en masse over Trump's agenda.
A Trump-appointed Californian shakes up civil rights unit at the Justice Department
Democrats are demanding answers about a shifting work focus, diminished staffing and demands of Trump loyalty within the ...
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In Partisan Vote, Senate Confirms Harmeet Dhillon
WASHINGTON, DC – In a sharply divided vote that fell largely along party lines, the U.S. Senate on April 4 confirmed Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in a 52-45 ...
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As Dhillon Fills DOJ Civil Rights Role, SALDEF Urges Accountability
issued a measured response following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Harmeet Kaur Dhillon as the next Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.