The House passed a bill Thursday requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote ...

Voting rights groups warn that the measure could make it challenging for women who changed their last names after getting ...

Dhillon, a MAGA loyalist who embraced Trump’s “big lie” about 2020, will be tasked with protecting Americans’ civil rights — ...

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A Louisiana redistricting case signals that further attacks on the Voting Rights Act may be coming, putting fair ...

WASHINGTON ― The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Harmeet Dhillon to run the Civil Rights Division at the Department of ...

The SAVE Act would force eligible voters to submit documentary proof of citizenship materials, such as a birth certificate, ...

Donald Trump is trying to use a historic federal civil rights commission to advance his agenda on issues like alleged non-citizen voting, antisemitism on college campuses and transgender women in ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican senator to vote against confirming Trump nominee Harmeet Dhillon to serve as ...

Adam Schiff, D-Calif., opposed the choice. All Republicans voted for Dhillon. The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department was created in 1957, as the civil rights movement gained momentum.

Voting rights groups sent a letter to Indiana election officials on Wednesday alleging a new law violated national voter ...

The job cuts will begin with the IRS Office of Civil Rights and Compliance, which would be reduced by 75% through layoffs, and its remaining workers would be absorbed into the agency’s Office of ...