{
  "id": 18353682,
  "title": "Harmeet Dhillon resigns from DOJ in first major postmidterm exit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/harmeet-dhillon-resigns-from-doj-in-first-major-postmidterm-exit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T17:49:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6201545-doj-civil-rights-harmeet-dhillon-resigns/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ), resigned Thursday. Dhillon is one of the first major Trump administration appointees to resign from the department and the first major figure to exit the administration after the Republicans' midterm battering. “Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Harmeet Dhillon, controversial head of DoJ’s civil rights division, steps down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/harmeet-dhillon-controversial-head-of-dojs-civil-rights-division",
        "published": "2026-11-05T17:44:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ's controversial civil rights chief, resigns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/harmeet-dhillon-dojs-controversial-civil-rights-chief-resigns",
        "published": "2026-11-05T17:59:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}