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By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Senior US Justice Department official Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division and oversaw investigations into universities, voter rolls and alleged violations of religious freedom, has resigned, Attorney General Todd Blanche said on [...]

Harmeet Dhillon, a conservative attorney who oversaw a radical reshaping of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, celebrated the mass departures of career lawyers and spearheaded sweeping investigations into elite universities, has resigned from her post. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a social media post on Thursday that Dhillon “defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor.” Dhillon has been a powerful and divisive figure insi

(The Center Square) – Incumbent Democratic Justice Anita Earls has won a second eight-year term to the North Carolina Supreme Court, turning back Republican former state Rep. Sarah Stevens. With all precincts in, Earls won […] Continue reading with a Black Chronicle subscription. Purchase The Black Chronicle Newspaper Subscription – Now with the All-New TBC Magazine! or The Black Chronicle Newspaper Subscription – Now with the All-New TBC Magazine!! to unlock this article and

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot (76-meter) triumphal arch in Washington would not be completed until after the end of his second term. If it is given the go-ahead, the [...]

The Justice Department has escalated its investigation over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, issuing a letter to a prominent Democratic attorney in Washington and others that they may be targets of the criminal inquiry. That's according to two people familiar with the matter. The target letter to attorney Marc Elias, who for years has represented Democratic campaigns as well as the party itself in election-related challenges, is one of multiple letters that wer

The Justice Department arrested an Oklahoma man for sending letters with white powder to elected officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The post Oklahoma Man Arrested for Sending Nearly 700 Powder-Filled Letters to Pols Ahead of 2024 and 2026 Elections first appeared on Mediaite.

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it was deploying 1,000 election monitors and observers to all 50 states in what it called the largest Election Day monitoring effort in history. • A Justice Department statement identified which jurisdictions within [...]

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Harvard University over its alleged failure to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions. The Justice Department said Harvard thwarted its efforts to investigate potential discrimination. The department accused Harvard of refusing to comply with a federal investigation and asked a judge to order the university to turn over the records. But U.S. Dist

The Storey County Board of Commissioners advanced several major county initiatives during its Oct. 6 and Oct. 20 meetings, including approving a $7.25 million design contract for the proposed Justice Center, awarding community project funding, and they continued discussions on proposed state legislation affecting data centers.Commissioners

President Donald Trump's administration has appealed to the Supreme Court in its push to require California election officials to set aside thousands of disputed mail ballots. The federal government suspects these ballots may be from noncitizens. The Justice Department sued the largely Democratic state over a list of about 20,000 flagged voters. California officials argue the list is full of errors and setting aside ballots could disenfranchise eligible midterm election voters. The Republican Tr