The city’s push to end the consent decree comes alongside a formal letter from the New Orleans City Council, which objects to the Louisiana attorney general’s involvement in the case, raising legal concerns about the city’s charter and the process of selecting outside counsel.

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) can end its longstanding federal oversight, thus approving the sustainment

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits, a statewide pattern of misconduct that places the public at “serious risk of harm,” according to a scathing report released Thursday by the U.

WASHINGTON – Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is one of the few in Congress not hemming and hawing about President Donald Trump freeing the protestors who stormed the Capitol on Jan.

The United States Department of Justice announced Thursday that the Louisiana State Police have been found to engage in unconstitutional practices, including excessive use of force, unjustified

President Trump said he told King Abdullah II of Jordan during a phone call Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza, an idea that is likely to reignite debate about the future of nearly two million Palestinians.

The commutation of corrupt cop Len Davis' federal death penalty sentence is a hypocritical moved by President Joe Biden, and shows the lack of standards in the Department of Justice.

Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) are launching a probe into the deadly New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. “The public deserves complete

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order Mr. Trump signed on Monday would reverse decades of precedent and affect children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants.

Congressional committees are demanding answers about the FBI’s response to the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack in New Orleans.

The Supreme Court will consider whether to order new nationwide precedent about how lower courts will consider facts over police shootings.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over