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US charges 11 in $100K-per-person scheme arranging 1,000 sham marriages for Chinese nationals
Attorney General Todd Blanche described the scheme as "one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in US history" and said it showed "how far people will go to cheat our immigration system."
Chinese citizen pleads guilty to attempting to smuggle US military equipment to PRC
Senate Republicans narrowly confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
New Mexico sues US Justice Department for access to unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files
Trump administration launches further probes into Harvard University
The US Department of Justice escalated legal action against Harvard on Friday, suing the Ivy League school for billions of dollars due to an alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students.
FBI seizes Iranian domains tied to hacking, cyberwarfare, and threats against US and allies
Handala sent death threats to Iranian dissidents and journalists in exile, offering a bounty of $250,000 for the beheading of two such victims.
US, Germany, Canada, take down major botnet infrastructure in joint operation
The malicious networks - Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad - were used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with some Department of Defense websites among the targets.
Kash Patel sued by former agents fired after investigation into attempt to overthrow 2020 election
Kash, who said agents who worked on the election case were “corrupt actors” who “weaponized law enforcement,” terminated them without a hearing or investigation, the lawsuit claims.
Former FBI director Comey subpoenaed in ongoing investigation into officials who prosecuted Trump
The investigation has produced more than 130 subpoenas since cranking up last year, and targets top officials who worked under former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Axios reported.
DOJ probing Iran's use of Binance crypto-exchange to avoid US sanctions
The probe follows an internal Binance investigation into suspicious transactions that allegedly identified more than $1 billion in flows connected to a network funding Iran-backed terrorist groups.
FBI 'identified and addressed' suspicious cyber activity on its networks, agency spokesperson says
The FBI has identified suspicious activity on its networks, focusing on wiretap and intelligence surveillance systems, but has not disclosed specifics or the scope of the incident.
Bill Gates 'took responsibility' for Epstein ties, says Gates Foundation
The spokesperson's comments came in response to a Wall Street Journal report, which said that Gates had apologized to staff during the town hall over his ties with Epstein.
US DOJ sues California University alleging 'antisemitic hostile work environment' at UCLA campus
The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the University of California, alleging an antisemitic hostile work environment at its Los Angeles campus.
US judge barres Department of Justice from releasing prosecutor's report on Trump's criminal case
US District Judge Aileen Cannon found that the release of the report would be a "manifest injustice" to Trump and two former associates who were charged alongside him.
