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The Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled new rules to limit the government surveillance of political candidates and those affiliated with their campaigns, a move to prevent future FBI surveillance abuses, which President Trump’s allies say occurred in the Russia election conspiracy investigation. Attorney General William P. Barr issued two memos outlining a host of stringent…

A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and White applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegation, calling it "meritless" and "hasty." The findings, detailed in a letter to the college's attorneys Thursday, mark the latest action by the Trump administration aimed…

The Justice Department accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process.

The inspector general for the Justice Department announced Thursday that he was investigating use-of-force allegations against federal law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon, as well as their response to protesters in Washington, D.C.Inspector General Michael Horowitz said he had opened the inquiry into the heavily criticized federal response to protests near government buildings in Portland…

(CNN)The Justice Department's independent watchdog agency said Thursday that it will investigate the use of force by federal law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, DC. Justice…