LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announcing a consent decree with Louisville Metro government and Louisville Metro Police Department: * * * As Prepared for Delivery My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. I am pleased to stand today with Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Paul Humph more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced today that the Mount Vernon, New York, Police Department (MVPD) engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of rights secured by the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Specifically, the Justice Department finds that MVPD: * Uses excessive force in numerous ways, including by unnecessarily escalating minor encoun more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a court enforceable agreement (http://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1379951/dl) with Louisville Metro Government (Louisville Metro) to resolve the Department's findings that Louisville Metro and the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) engage in a pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution and federal law. The consent decree, filed more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chairwoman Murray, Ranking Member Collins, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today to discuss FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) and our supplemental funding request. At the outset, I would like to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following written testimony by Adrianne Todman, deputy secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chairwoman Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss disaster recovery alongside my colleagues. In the last month, the Biden-Harris A more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Thank you, Chair Murray and Vice Chair Collins, for the opportunity to brief the Committee on the dire conditions facing Georgia farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and the urgency of passing this disaster supplemental before year's end. Let me be clear: Georgia agriculture was dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two master's degre more PR