The Trump administration is dropping efforts to secure agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, despite a prior government finding they routinely violated the civil rights of Black people.

Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to get President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, as his administration moves to end federal policing oversight.

Consent decrees have been a federal government tool for reforming police departments around the U.S. What happens if the one governing the Minneapolis Police Department goes away?

Few, if any, of those singled out have done anything to invite conventional prosecutorial scrutiny, much less committed crimes to warrant an indictment under federal law.

The Trump administration is shutting down investigations into the practices of several local departments and whether they were violating civil rights.

The U.S. Justice Department is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, despite its prior finding that police in both cities routinely violated the civil rights of Black people,

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.

The U.S. Justice Department charged Rep. LaMonica McIver in connection with her alleged actions during an incident at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in her congressional district.