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Vice President Kamala Harris has reaffirmed America's unwavering support for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two leaders convened at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, a significant event that coincides with the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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A foreign national has recently pleaded guilty for their involvement in a cybercrime scheme that resulted in tens of millions of dollars in losses. The individual, a Ukrainian national, played a part in two separate, extensive schemes that led to significant financial losses.
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Nearly $500,000 will be allocated to provide aid to Ukraine following the interception of advanced military-grade machinery. The funds were secured after dismantling an illegal procurement network that attempted to import these machines into Russia.
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The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has released a report examining the transformative role of drones in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. However, the first part of this two-part series on drone warfare characterizes their impact as "evolutionary," rather than "revolutionary."
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been readmitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center due to a bladder issue, following his hospitalization in January for prostate cancer.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has lodged a complaint against the former president and co-owner of Cardiac Imaging Inc., via the U.S. District Court, under the False Claims Act (FCA). The company is known for providing mobile cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans.
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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and the state of North Carolina have secured a $13.5 million agreement with the First National Bank of Pennsylvania to settle claims of redlining in North Carolina. Redlining is a discriminatory practice that involves systematic denial of services to residents of certain geographic areas based on their race.
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The United States is dedicated to countering Houthi threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea, as stated by Secretary of the Department of Defense (DOD), Lloyd J. Austin III, in a recent social media post.
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Omar Jadwat, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants' Rights Project, has asserted that immigration regulation is a federal matter and states cannot infringe upon it. Speaking before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government at a hearing titled "The Southern Border Crisis: The Constitution and the States," Jadwat made his position clear.
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A New Mexico man has admitted his involvement in a series of shootings targeting elected officials after the 2022 election. Solomon Pena, following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives, enlisted two men to target the homes of these officials.
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Joly Germine, the leader of the infamous Haitian gang 400 Mawozo, has admitted to charges of gun smuggling and money laundering. He was implicated in a scheme that involved illegally exporting firearms to Haiti, thereby violating U.S. export laws.
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David Williams, president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA), a non-profit organization that provides analysis on the government's impact on the economy, expressed his concerns to Federal Newswire about trivial lawsuits. He stated that these lawsuits not only waste taxpayer money but also hurt consumers through higher costs. He highlighted the insurance industry as an example of attorneys exploiting the legal system for profit.
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In an effort to mitigate risks posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, the United States and Iraq have unveiled a new partnership aimed at bolstering the security relationship between the two nations. A proposed U.S.-Iraq Higher Military Commission (HMC) is anticipated to deepen this commitment.
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A series of arrests targeting large-scale drug trafficking organizations operating throughout the United States has been carried out. The highest number of arrests have been made in Alaska, West Virginia, Nebraska, and Mississippi.
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The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) has announced an extension to the timeline for finalizing a settlement against several companies alleged to have polluted the Passaic River in New Jersey, a part of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site. The Passaic River is among the longest existing and extensively contaminated sites listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Priority List of polluted locations requiring remediation.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a press release stating that Ilya Kahn leveraged his business connections in China and other countries to transfer hundreds of thousands of semiconductors to businesses sanctioned by the United States. These recipient businesses reportedly have links to the Russian Military and Russian Intelligence Agencies.
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The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in collaboration with the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is currently probing into grants received by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The scientist is alleged to have affiliations with the CCP. The committees have sent letters regarding this matter to UCLA Chancellor Gener Block, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), an emerging voting structure that requires voters to "rank" their choice of multiple candidates, lessens the impact of minorities' votes, as these voters tend to "exhaust" their ballots in early rounds of voting, according to a new study released by the Center for Election Confidence (CEC). The study draws on research from Princeton University Professor Nolan McCarty that highlighted the adverse effects RCV has on racial and ethnic minority groups.
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The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to support Ukraine amidst the ongoing Russian invasion, as stated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a social media post. The Secretary disclosed that he had held a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, recently announced via social media that he had engaged in discussions with Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov, regarding the latest efforts to support Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia. The announcement was made on X, a platform formerly known as Twitter.