By Peter Eisler and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from services for mental health care for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault, according to internal records and four people familiar with the matter.
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