President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration, according to two memos obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

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US Justice Department freezes its civil rights litigation

Trump's Justice Department freezes civil rights litigation, may reconsider police reform agreements, signaling major changes under new leadership.

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Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders freeze on civil rights cases

Civil rights division is being asked to pause new cases and investigations as Trump nominees examine new paths

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Trump puts a freeze on new civil rights cases and settlements, worrying advocates

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.

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The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration. That's according to two

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Trump's new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases

The Justice Department froze civil-rights litigation to allow the incoming Trump administration to review the agencies priorities, reports said.

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Justice Department temporarily freezes civil-rights litigation, police overhauls: reports

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday.

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Trump’s Justice Department halts police reform agreements

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

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Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform agreements with local departments that were negotiated under the Biden administration. The memos, reviewed by The Hill and and issued by Trump officials on Wednesday, leaves in doubt the bulk of the work of the Justice…

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Trump DOJ leaders freeze civil rights litigation, police reform agreements

The order does not say how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration, according to two memos obtained

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