After 12 years under a sprawling, court-enforced reform agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the plan is a major step toward independence.

A federal judge has announced her decision on the New Orleans Police Department's yearslong consent decree. Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year sustainment period, signaling the beginning of the end of the consent decree.

After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that it can police itself, a judge ruled Tuesday.

a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down the monitoring program. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has ...

The days after Hurricane Katrina were dark ones for New Orleans, and in particular for its police department, some members of which were later found to have committed horrific crimes

The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down the monitoring program.

Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year sustainment period, signaling the beginning of the end of the consent decree.

Judge Susie Morgan heard the New Orleans Police Department's plans for a sustainment period. The City of New Orleans and the Department of Justice filed a joint motion to begin the sustainment period.

Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to restore public faith in the Justice Department but became a punching bag for partisans across the political spectrum.

Trump announced Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, plus the additional role of homeland security adviser. Miller was a senior adviser to Trump during his first administration and one of the architects of some of his most controversial immigration policies, including his family separation program.

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a bittersweet moment.'

Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presid