Trump administration reinstates fired employees of DoJ race relations agency

Justice department says it rescinded 13 layoff notices issued in September for agency known as ‘America’s peacemaker’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s administration is reversing course on firing nearly every employee at a 1960s-era agency within the US Department of Justice known as “America’s peacemaker” that is tasked with quelling racial and ethnic tensions in US communities.The justice department, in a filing on Tuesday in federal court in Boston, disclosed that it had on Friday rescinded layoff notices it issued in September to 13 of the Community Relations Service’s employees as part of a “reduction in force”. Continue reading...