U.S. Department of Justice

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has a book deal. Holder’s “Pursuing Justice” will be released in 2018, the Random House imprint One World told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “Pursuing Justice” will “offer a classic narrative” of an immigrant’s son who became the country’s first black attorney general, according to […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in danger of being sued and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. The law, which also […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The city of Cleveland has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations by the police department, a senior federal law enforcement official said Monday. The official was not authorized to speak publicly of the settlement ahead of the official announcement, expected […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday for holding up confirmation of President Barack Obama’s pick for attorney general, arguing the “unconscionable delay” was a stain on the Kentucky Republican’s leadership. McConnell warned over the weekend that he wouldn’t hold a vote on Loretta Lynch’s confirmation before the […]

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The Ferguson City Council on Tuesday evening unanimously approved a resolution to part ways with City Manager John Shaw following a scathing Justice Department report that alleged racial bias in the city police department and court system. The St. Louis suburb has been beleaguered by unrest since a white police officer […]

It looks like calling out the GOP for stalling Loretta Lynch’s confirmation process has gotten things moving in the Senate! In a bid to nudge…

It’s no secret that slavery didn’t end after the Civil War and instead evolved into something known as Slave Codes. The laws were designed to…

MIAMI (AP) — The mother of Trayvon Martin says she’s disappointed that federal prosecutors decided not to charge a neighborhood watch volunteer with a hate crime for killing her son three years ago. Speaking with The Associated Press on Wednesday before the third anniversary of her 17-year-old son’s death, Sybrina Fulton says she still believes […]

The Senate confirmation process for Loretta Lynch to become the first Black female U.S. Attorney General was never going to be a cake walk, but then again, her nomination wasn’t expected to be shot down, either. But this is a Republican-controlled Congress and many of these conservative lawmakers are vehemently opposed to anything President Barack […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ferguson leaders said Thursday they haven’t heard from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding two federal investigations, one into the shooting death of Michael Brown in August and the other into the practices of the city’s police department. Earlier this week, Attorney General Eric Holder said he expects the Justice Department […]

A day after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is unlikely to pursue a civil rights case against ex-Ferguson, Mo., Officer Darren…

A day after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is unlikely to pursue a civil rights case against ex-Ferguson, Mo., Officer Darren…