In a move that has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights advocates, the U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump quietly ended federal oversight of two landmark school desegregation cases that had been in place for more than half a century. The cases, originating in Hendry County, Florida, and Copiah County, Mississippi, were initiated…
The U.S. Department of Justice has fired Maurene Comey, a high-profile federal prosecutor known for her roles in the sex trafficking trials of Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the late Jeffrey Epstein, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The dismissal was carried out on Wednesday, July 16, and was first reported by…