The US Department of Justice’s Civil Division on September 4 issued detailed internal guidance on how the Division should evaluate and handle inability-to-pay claims by entities. Acting Assistant ...

On June 11, 2025, the recently confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Brett Shumate, issued a memorandum directing Civil Division lawyers to prioritize investigations and ...

The Justice Department will prioritize revoking the US citizenship of individuals charged with certain crimes, according to a memo issued by the agency earlier this month. “The Civil Division shall ...

Trump Justice Department officials are overseeing a mass purge of the department’s civil rights division to repurpose the agency from its official mandate of opposing discrimination in education, ...

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Former employees from justice department’s civil rights division accuse Trump administration of purging experts More than 200 former employees in the justice department’s civil rights division signed ...

The Justice Department ordered its civil rights division to pause ongoing litigation and not engage in any new cases, according to The Washington Post, issuing the order Wednesday as Republican lawyer ...

The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt much of its investigative activity dating from the Biden administration and not pursue new indictments, cases or settlements, ...