The Justice Department’s unit tasked with enforcing federal voting laws is down from roughly 30 attorneys to about a half-dozen,, as most of its career staff has departed in the face of escalating pressure tactics from the Trump administration.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift a judge's order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out his executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and requiring it to reinstate employees who were terminated in a mass layoff.

The Department of Justice is accusing the North Carolina State Board of Elections of violating a 2002 federal law, the Help America Vote Act, by not collecting the required information from voters.