The Justice Department has changed the guidance for a popular local police grant program, prioritizing border security and cutting language about "underserved populations," according to public documents reviewed by CBS News.

President Donald Trump’s political appointees at the department cited antisemitism on campuses as justification for using the law, the False Claims Act, to target universities and other institutions that Trump views as bastions of opposition to his agenda and a ripe populist target to rile up his right-wing base.

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into hiring practices at the city of Chicago in response to comments made by Mayor Brandon Johnson at a church Sunday, praising the number of and naming Black people in top positions in his administration.

In a criminal complaint made public in federal court in New Jersey on Tuesday, the Justice Department accused McIver of slamming her forearm into and forcibly grabbing a Homeland Security Investigations agent, as well as pushing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in an attempt to prevent Baraka's arrest.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said she authorized the probe after Mayor Brandon Johnson's comments about hiring prominent Black officials for his administration.

The Justice Department may drop its criminal prosecution of Boeing for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.

This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Charles Barzun is a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, where he […]

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