The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm certain groups. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will clear out all cases involving “disparate impact liability” by Tuesday. Disparate impact is a legal standard that says even if a policy looks fair, it can still be discriminatory if it creates unnecessary barriers. The EEOC's decision follows an executive order from President Donald Trump directing agencies to deprioritize disparate impact in civil rights enforcement. Critics say it weakens an effective legal tool used to root out workplace discrimination.

Federal officials have sued two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a synagogue in northern New Jersey. The civil lawsuit filed Monday by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division cites a law traditionally used to shield abortion and reproductive health clinics. The suit stems from a Nov. 13 demonstration in West Orange, about 20 miles west of Manhattan. It claims the protesters interfered with the attendees’ civil rights to exercise their religion, claiming they physically assaulted worshippers and used plastic horns known as vuvuzelas to disrupt the event.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging it violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons. The complaint filed Tuesday by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division says the sheriff’s department’s “unreasonable delays” in granting licenses violates California residents’ Second Amendment right to bear arms outside the home. According to the complaint, the sheriff’s department waits an average 281 days to start processing applications, which it says violates a California law requiring initial reviews within 90 days. The sheriff’s department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Officials say gunfire has erupted during a peace rally in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least one person and wounding nearly two dozen others. Local police officer Mohammad Afzal said on Monday that the shooting happened as hundreds of people marched along a main road in Muzaffarabad, the regional capital. Police, government officials and local media blamed armed members of the Awami Action Committee, a civil rights alliance that had called for a strike to demand subsidized food, electricity and other services, for initiating the violence. Authorities said they were still open to talks with the alliance. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, but both claim it in its entirety.

A 79-year-old man in Southern California has filed a $50 million claim against the federal government, alleging civil rights violations during an immigration raid. Rafie Ollah Shouhed, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Iran, claims federal agents tackled him at his Los Angeles car wash on Sept. 9, causing serious injuries. Video footage shows Shouhed being knocked down by an officer. The Department of Homeland Security states Shouhed impeded the operation and was arrested for assaulting an officer. Shouhed denies these accusations and says he was trying to show documents proving his employees' eligibility to work.

The Chicago City Council has approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a former police sergeant. This decision, made on Thursday, addresses one of the city's biggest police misconduct scandals. The settlement resolves 176 lawsuits involving 180 wrongfully convicted people who spent nearly 200 years combined behind bars. The former sergeant, Ronald Watts, and his unit were accused of framing people for drug crimes. Watts resigned in 2012 and was sentenced to prison in 2021. The settlement aims to provide justice for those affected and prevent further financial burdens on the city.

The Trump administration says three major public school districts could lose $24 million in funding because of their policies supporting transgender students. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights had given New York City, Chicago, and Fairfax County, Virginia, schools until Tuesday to agree to changes. Among them were rescinding policies allowing students access to restrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. The department says the rules violate Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education. The districts risk losing funding for specialty magnet schools as a result.

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly have spoken out against the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as well as divisive reaction to it. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic condemned the divisive reactions to Kirk's death, calling it a "sick expression of joy." Social media erupted with both mourning and celebration after Kirk's Sept. 10 death, sparking a national debate on free speech. Reactionary comments led to several firings. Vucic noted the emotional hate-driven differences highlighted by the incident. Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also mentioned Kirk, with Peña calling the response “macabre.”

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returned to his show following a nearly one-week suspension with an emotional monologue but without apologies. He said that he was never trying to make light of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death, and paid tribute to his widow Erika for publicly forgiving her husband's assassin. But he thanked people who stood up for him and for free speech, even people like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz who don't like his comedy but defended his right to speak. Millions of people watched the climax of an episode that put him at odds with President Donald Trump's supporters and tested the bounds of free speech.

ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is set to return to the air, with millions of people expected to watch to see how he addresses his nearly weeklong suspension. Another mystery is how many ABC affiliates will actually carry his return Tuesday. Kimmel's suspension by ABC following remarks about the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump's ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics. The return reportedly came after negotiations between Kimmel and executives for ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney. ABC said Kimmel would return after the network had “thoughtful conversations” with the host.