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Apr 23 2025
10:37 pm
The Trump administration has quietly transformed the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, forcing out a majority of career managers and implementing new priorities that current and former officials say abandon a decadeslong mission of enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination in hiring, housing and voting rights.
Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks
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