The race to be Manhattan’s next top prosecutor is taking place amid a crime surge that has seen murders up more than 17% so far this year and anti-Asian hate crimes skyrocket 335%, according to New York Police Department statistics.

Financial institutions would have to inquire whether businesses seeking credit are owned by individuals self-identifying as LGBTQ under a modified version of H.R. 1443.

An Agriculture Department program aimed at offering about $4 billion in loan forgiveness for minority farmers ran into a roadblock as a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order that White agricultural producers had sought, claiming discrimination.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will double the staff working on voting rights issues within 30 days and provide new guidance on early voting, mail-in voting and post-election audits, saying the measures are needed to safeguard Americans’ basic right to choose their government.

A Black female former Honeywell Intelligrated employee can pursue claims she was passed over for promotion based on her race, made to train younger White workers who then assumed her duties, and had her disability benefits denied after she suffered a miscarriage, the Southern District of Ohio ruled.

President Joe Biden laid out his first regulatory to-do list Friday, detailing his ambitions to dramatically expand the scope of the federal government’s involvement in education, healthcare, and the environment, among other areas.