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US Education Department Paid Up To $38 Million To Civil Rights Workers On Leave AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana/2024

US Education Department Paid Up To $38 Million To Civil Rights Workers On Leave

Nearly half the staff of the Office of Civil Rights was placed on paid leave this spring.

Get Rid Of FEMA? Trump Panel Looks At Shifting Disaster Response To States Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Get Rid Of FEMA? Trump Panel Looks At Shifting Disaster Response To States

Trump orders a review with the goal of an “immediate, effective, and impartial response,” but critics say heʻs politicizing disaster aid.