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.

In a federal courtroom packed with NOPD's top brass and community members, 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.

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

The police department has become a more transparent and accountable agency, though work remains to be done, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said ... by the city and Justice Department in ...

NEW ORLEANS -- 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.

The firings suggest President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking change in how asylum claims are processed and will remove those they see as obstacles.

Veteran federal prosecutor Antoinette “Toni” Bacon, the former interim US attorney in Buffalo, will be the acting leader of the Justice Department’s criminal division, said three people familiar with the move.

A judge is hearing arguments Friday on whether members of Congress will be permitted to view Jack Smith's final report on Donald Trump's classified documents case.

Donald Trump will take the oath of office Monday, solidifying a political comeback without precedent in American history. Here's what to expect for Inauguration Day.