The Department of Justice is training roughly 1,000 poll monitors to fan out across the country this November, a massive federal effort to ensure the upcoming midterm elections are conducted fairly and free from fraud.
The department announced Tuesday it has opened Title VI civil rights investigations into school districts in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, alleging administrators directed staff to factor race into disciplinary decisions.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms.
An Obama-appointed federal judge has sided with Maryland Democrats to block the Trump administration's cost-saving plan for relocating FBI headquarters, forcing taxpayers to potentially foot a nearly $5 billion bill for a facility that wouldn't open until 2035.
For more than three decades, a congressional funding ban has blocked Americans from petitioning the federal government to restore their Second Amendment rights.
North Carolina's governor just killed a bill that would cross-check voter rolls against death records, and Republicans say they have the votes to override him.
The Trump administration is pursuing the reinstatement of charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia after a district court determined his prosecution to be vindictive.
