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Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Lawsuit claims US civil rights agency has halted all federal-sector class complaints

A labor union and two female prison employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing a U.S. civil rights agency of unlawfully halting their sexual harassment case as part of wider order to indefinitely suspend proceedings in all federal-sector class claims.

Colin Kaepernick speaks at the ACLU's 2026 Biennial Leadership Conference, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kaepernick, Springsteen receive new ACLU award for activism in arts, business, science and sports

The U.S. Department of Education building is photographed in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discrimination

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with attendees during an election night watch party for U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Federal appeals court ends a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana

Jocelyn Samuels speaks in Seattle, Feb. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Ex-civil rights agency commissioner fired by Trump drops lawsuit in wake of Supreme Court ruling

Independent autopsy of Nolan Wells finds ‘undetermined’ cause of death

An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old’s cause and manner of death to be “undetermined” pending further investigation. (AP video by Laura Bargfeld)

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Attorney says autopsy of 1-year-old shot by Mississippi police conflicts with officers’ account

Family of infant shot by Mississippi police seeks independent autopsy

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New York Times accuses federal agency of political retaliation in countersuit

Steven Springel holds a photograph of his mother, Nona Springel Ferdon, a member of Hawaii's delegation to the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march, during the opening of a Martin Luther King Jr. photo exhibit at the Hawaii State Capitol, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Hawaii displays historic photos of Martin Luther King Jr. wearing flower lei during Selma march

In this photo provided by Yaseen Jajeeb, Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour smiles, Thursday, June 18, 2026, shortly after his release from a county jail in Indiana, where he was detained after his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March. (Yaseen Najeeb via AP)

A judge orders ICE to free a Wisconsin mosque leader, citing a ‘substantial’ free speech claim

Rob Harris helps his daughter Isabelle Harris with her braille display on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Grand Junction, Colo. (AP Photo/Jacob Spetzler)

Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

The U.S. Capitol and National Mall are seen as the set up for the America 250 celebration, in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Most Americans see freedoms under threat but core to nation’s identity, AP-NORC poll finds

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump is shifting special ed, civil rights out of Education Department. Here’s what we know

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump ramps up Education Department’s dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights

The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is displayed on a podium in Denver, Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Judge tosses lawsuit challenging civil rights agency’s pullback on transgender workplace protections

Makeda Walker-Deen, a junior at Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School, stands for a photo in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students

Dr. Clarence B. Jones, left, a former speech writer for Martin Luther King Jr., stands next to Golden State Warriors basketball player Stephen Curry, front right, during the playing of Lift Every Voice and Sing before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees in San Francisco, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, dies at 95

Dalton Eatherly, who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder, speaks with attorney Jacob Fendley during a hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adin Parks)

Free speech or race-baiting? Tennessee shooting stirs debate over livestreamer’s approach

Aaron McGuire sings a spirtual song during a voting rally, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

Vermonters will vote on equal protection amendment to state constitution this fall

A protestor stands outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation

This photo provided by The University of Tulsa and taken from the roof of the Tulsa Hotel shows a crowd gathering to watch the fire in the morning of June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Okla. (The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library/Department of Special Collections and University Archives via AP)

Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

In legal dispute over ‘The View,’ ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

Civil rights groups sue to stop Texas immigration law

James Meredith looks at Aubrey James Norvell, background left partially hidden behind foliage, after being shot on a road near Hernando, Miss., June 6, 1966. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)

Pulitzer-winning AP photographer Jack Thornell dies at 86

Noelle McAfee, an Emory University professor, talks about her lawsuit against the school over her 2024 arrest at a protest over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday, April 23, 2026, on the Emory University campus in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Emory professors take on their own university after arrests at 2024 Israel-Hamas war protest

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during a news conference at the Justice Department, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center’s indictment and prepare for legal fights

Southern Poverty Law Center Director Morris Dees attends a news conference Nov. 18, 2002, at the Civil Rights Memorial at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

What to know about the Southern Poverty Law Center

A well-wisher places flowers at a makeshift memorial set up for Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA headquarters, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

States eulogize Charlie Kirk with new laws promoting religion and free speech

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, center left, and Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk, center right, pose for a photo at the Governor's Mansion, in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins,File)

Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns

A Ku Klux Klan mask stares out over the Mississippi Museum of History on Friday, March 27, 2026, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

Mississippi reveals its full history for America’s anniversary year, a contrast to federal efforts

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division speaks during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

The NAACP names ex-DOJ civil rights chief Kristen Clarke as its top lawyer

President Donald Trump arriving to speak at the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy presentation with the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds

The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Supreme Court revives suit from evangelical Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations

Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Iowa bars local gender identity protections after rolling back its civil rights code

Journalists take photos and videos of a car carrying the remains of who authorities identified as the late Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, alias "El Mencho," to Recinto de Paz cemetery in Guadalajara, Mexico, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz)

Press freedom in the Americas saw a ‘dramatic deterioration’ last year, watchdog says

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