The Justice Department is supporting a lawsuit by private entities that challenges Illinois’ practice of putting local election officials in charge of maintaining voter registration rolls.

The case filed Thursday is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to sanction New York City over its "sanctuary" policies. Earlier this year, the administration began to claw back tens of millions of dollars that had already been allocated by Congress in migrant-crisis reimbursements.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 25 states and attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the freezing of $6.8 billion in education grants. In the lawsuit,

The Department of Health and Human Services rescinded an almost 30-year-old policy that allowed undocumented immigrants to access Head Start, a program for low-income families who need child care and services.

The City of Chicago has joined a coalition of local governments in suing the Trump Administration over the withholding of federal funding for "sanctuary jurisdictions" that refuse to help with deportations and immigration enforcement.

Federal officials have yet to issue guidance for Head Start providers on the new rules, which take effect immediately. They also skipped a 30-day review policy, the lawsuit alleges.

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 25 states and attorneys general, today announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court’s ruling that President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.