WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to enforcing the U.S. constitutional right to bear ...

During the federal government shutdown in early November 2025, social media users claimed U.S. President Donald Trump used $750 million in tariff revenue to keep the Special Supplemental Nutrition ...

The proposed closure would leave Texas as the only state without an agency dedicated to enforcing housing discrimination laws. Texas lawmakers are advancing legislation to eliminate the Texas ...

Nearly 700,000 Wisconsin residents could see their food assistance benefits pause in November amid the ongoing government shutdown. FoodShare is Wisconsin's version of the Supplemental Nutrition ...

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During the recent government shutdown, some Republicans in Congress have expressed sympathy for the roughly seven hundred and thirty thousand federal employees who have been performing essential ...

As millions face the looming threat of sweeping nutrition programs being cut off come November, people who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --A statue of a Confederate general toppled amid the civil rights protests that swept across the country during the summer of 2020 has been reinstalled in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary ...

Farmers, food manufacturers and grocers brace for major sales disruptions as the federal shutdown draws out, restricting funding for food assistance programs for millions of Americans in November. If ...

As the government shutdown continues, conversations about SNAP, WIC and other government benefits have become more dire. Government food benefits assist around 42 million Americans and more than ...

GETTING ANSWERS ON KEEPING POLICE ACCOUNTABLE. A GROUP IS IN TOWN BECAUSE OF RECENT PROBLEMS RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY. AT ISSUE, THE DEATH OF AN INMATE INSIDE THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY JAIL. INVESTIGATIVE ...

On April 23, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at narrowing civil rights protections and directing federal agencies to roll back the use of the disparate impact standard in “all ...