It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or violence.

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration

The U.S. Department of Justice has rescinded job offers to law students who were set to join the agency this year, a move some legal educators called a "heartbreaking" and "cruel" outcome for soon-to-be attorneys who want to work for the government.

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday. “The new administration may wish to reconsider settlements and consent decrees negotiated and approved by the prior administration,