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Author: David Nakamura
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Justice Dept. secures first guilty plea for threats to election workers
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Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, Neb., posted multiple hostile messages on an Instagram page associated with an unnamed official, authorities said.
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In a polarized America, Justice Dept. police reform unfolds slowly
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How the longtime civil rights advocates who now hold top jobs in President Biden’s Justice Department are trying to strike a middle ground on policing.
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Justice Dept. to unveil new efforts to bolster hate-crime reporting
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Attorney General Merrick Garland will welcome civic leaders to the Justice Department to shine a spotlight on new efforts to improve tracking and reporting of bias-motivated crimes.
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Biden’s Justice Dept. pressed for strong response to Buffalo massacre
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has been talking with civil rights leaders as his agency launches a hate-crimes probe.
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Justice Dept. boosts focus on environmental cases that harm the poor
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Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said the strategy demonstrates a “commitment to ensuring that all Americans have access to clean water to drink, clean air to breath and healthy thriving communities to live, work and raise their families.”
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Why Biden’s executive order on policing is still up in the air
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With midterms approaching and amid a spike in violent crime, the White House is struggling to advance police reform without appearing soft on crime.
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Justice Dept. to investigate rural Alabama county with inadequate sewage systems
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Civil rights probe follows long-standing complaints of failing septic tanks and sewage backups in the mostly Black county of Lowndes.