WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials are planning a new project to investigate and sue universities over affirmative action admissions policies they determine discriminate against white applicants, according to a U.S. government official. The project will be based out of the department’s ...

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Six teams are vying to become an independent monitor over police reforms in Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports that the six teams were chosen as finalists from a list of more than two dozen applicants for the job. The team selected will ...

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has closed a complaint alleging that Maryland officials discriminated against African Americans when they canceled a light-rail line in Baltimore. The Washington Post reports that a letter sent to state officials Thursday states that the agency ...

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WASHINGTON — Leading U.S. science organizations called on the Justice Department to renew an abandoned partnership with independent scientists to help raise forensic science standards, warning bluntly that doubts about questioned techniques have grown to the point that “society’s faith in ...

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The federal judge overseeing the Baltimore consent decree litigation has denied a community group’s motion to intervene, expressing his belief that the government will “diligently enforce the decree now that it has been entered.” Community Churches for Community Development Inc. and ...

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A majority of the dozen community groups and 35 individuals who submitted written testimony to a federal judge were supportive of the agreement.

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Maryland's attorney general and comptroller join legal giants in urging Senate to confirm local U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein to be deputy U.S. attorney general,

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A federal judge will accept written public comment in the coming weeks on the proposed consent decree for the Baltimore Police Department and announced plans for a day-long hearing in April for people to speak to the court. U.S. District Judge James ...

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Several police reforms proposed in the U.S. Department of Justice consent decree with Baltimore city, including civilian participation in disciplinary proceedings, will depend not on a judge’s ruling but rather the outcome of contract negotiations between the police union and ...

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The parties to the consent decree that would reform the Baltimore Police Department assured a federal judge Wednesday they would continue to collaborate despite recent shakeups at the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar asked and ...

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