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DOJ’s immigrant voting letter to Colorado election officials labeled as intimidation tactic
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado’s secretary of state and voter advocates say they stand by Colorado’s election system and workers following the Trump administration’s latest attempt to target election officials. The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter earlier this week that threatens criminal prosecution of election officials who […]
Trump administration’s Title IX enforcement questioned in Colorado school cases
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | An all-gender bathroom in a Denver high school was at the center of the first sex discrimination investigation of the second Trump administration. A year and a half later, the federal Office for Civil Rights has taken no enforcement action. Neighboring Jeffco Public Schools, meanwhile, has […]
Trump’s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November’s elections
ATLANTA | President Donald Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing restrictive legislation in Congress. Monday’s Supreme Court ruling siding with states that accept late-arriving mail ballots was the latest example showing the limits of his reach. It followed back-to-back rulings last week that […]
America split from monarchy 250 years ago. Trump’s presidency is testing how far it’s come
The 250th anniversary of America’s liberation from a king kicked off with a campaign-style rally on the National Mall by President Donald Trump, whose face already stares down from banners fluttering from federal buildings across the nation’s capital. The images illustrate how the Republican president has dominated daily life since returning to power and, to […]
Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
WASHINGTON | A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s efforts to nationalize elections can no longer be used. U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, called Systematic Alien Verification for […]
Education Department overhaul sparks concerns for students with disabilities
For months, and sometimes longer, parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited for the Education Department to make progress on their complaints of bullying or other discrimination. Now that the department is offloading civil rights enforcement and special education, some parents and advocates warn a process that has largely been stalled since President […]
Trump ramps up Education Department’s dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights
WASHINGTON |President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday accelerated its dismantling of the Education Department, delegating much of its work to protect the nation’s at-risk students. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education, administration officials announced. With those […]
Multiple arrests as FBI disrupts ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC show, director says
WASHINGTON | Law enforcement officials disrupted “planned attacks” meant to target the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend for President Donald Trump’s birthday, and multiple people were in custody, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Tuesday. The nature of the potential threat was not immediately disclosed, with additional details expected […]
Trump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants
WASHINGTON | The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda.” The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically […]
Trump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants
WASHINGTON | The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda.” The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically […]