Public Safety & Justice Update-5/23/2025
Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions: The Justice Department is considering a proposal to remove the requirement for federal prosecutors…
Justice Dept. to end oversight of local police accused of abuses: On Wednesday (5/21), The Trump administration announced it will halt or reverse federal civil rights investigations and oversight agreements—known as consent decrees…
New York funds legal costs for officials probed by the Trump administration: A controversial provision in New York’s newly approved state budget sets aside $10 million in public funds to cover legal defense costs for state officials and employees, including Attorney General Letitia James…
Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras: An investigation by The Washington Post revealed that New Orleans police secretly used a network of facial recognition cameras from the private nonprofit Project NOLA to monitor city…
One dead and four injured in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing: A bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday morning (5/17) killed…
What to know about the D.C. shooting of two Israeli Embassy workers: Two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were fatally shot…