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Daniel Rosen, Minnesota’s US attorney won confirmation in part on strength of Jewish leadership

Rosen’s personal position on what’s happening in Minnesota is unknown. But prior to the ICE surge, he said that “prosecution of violent hate crimes is certainly at the highest level of priority."

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Daniel Rosen, US Attorney for Minnesota
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Final Epstein document cache released by US Justice Department, including over 3 million pages

US Justice Department releases final batch of Epstein files, revealing millions of pages, videos, and images with heavy redactions, raising new questions.

|ByREUTERS
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, US, January 22, 2026.

Trump nominates Colin McDonald as assistant A-G for national fraud enforcement

The National Fraud Enforcement will be a new division of the US Justice Department, Trump noted.

|ByJAMES GENN
Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad

Carlisle Rivera, involved in an Iran-backed plot to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy charges.

|ByREUTERS, AMICHAI STEIN

US files criminal charges against Hamas leadership, including Sinwar

The US has charged several Hamas leaders for the October 7 attacks, with the DOJ accusing top officials of terrorism, and marking America's first criminal step in holding Hamas accountable.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
US ATTORNEY-GENERAL Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department. Zachor Legal Institute, on behalf of 28 other organizations, has sent him documentation on how groups like Students for Justice in Palestine have coordinated and executed mass deprivations of rights of Jewish students.

Jordanian citizen attacks Florida power facility for supporting Israel

A solar power facility in Orlando was one of many businesses targeted for supporting Israel by a Jordanian citizen residing in Florida.

AUGUST 16, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C, October 13, 2022

Ethically bankrupt: The US needs to take a serious look at corrupt courts - opinion

The Congress and president must share blame for not demanding – and imposing, if necessary – higher standards on US courts.

MAY 23, 2024ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden greets Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the president’s State of the Union address, in March.

Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights releases guidance on discrimination regulations

The new guidance comes in light of an uptick in Title VI complaints.

MAY 7, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, December 5, 2023.

Feds bust Montana man for super-sheep semen scheme

Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80, of Vaughn, Montana, conspired with at least five other people to import genetic material from foreign sheep species, clone it, and breed new species for trophy hunters.

MARCH 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
wo male bighorn sheep grazing on Wild Horse Island in Montana.

Czech man extradited to US for part in Iranian conspiracy to murder US journalist

"Polad Omarov was extradited to the United States to face charges for attempting to murder on US soil, a journalist, author, and human rights activist who is a US citizen of Iranian origin."

FEBRUARY 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Three men indicted for murder-for-hire plot on US soil on behalf of Iran

The alleged assassination plan fit into a pattern of behavior in which the Islamic Republic uses organized crime to kill or kindap dissidents abroad, the US Treasury Dept said.

JANUARY 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, US, January 20, 2023.

American-Israeli businessman illegally moved sensitive US tech to Russia, charge claims

Ilya Kahn, 66, was arrested on Wednesday for his suspected role in a years-long plot to transfer thousands of semiconductors made in America to Moscow-based ELVEES.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByTAL SPUNGIN
Illustration picture of memory chips by SK Hynix

SpaceX sued by US government over alleged asylee, refugee discrimination

Data from the company showed that in that period, 10,000 employees were hired. Of those 10,000, only one was an asylum seeker, allegedly hired months after the investigation began. 

AUGUST 27, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

Trump arrives at Atlanta jail for mug shot, booking in election case

Trump was expected to have his mug shot taken while being processed at the Fulton County Jail.

AUGUST 25, 2023ByREUTERS
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade departs Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to turn himself in to be processed at Fulton County Jail after his Georgia indictment, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24, 2023.