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Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale, the Assistant Secretary of Defense of Industrial Base Policy (IBP) said a recent investment into company Graphite One demonstrates a commitment to the domestic production of minerals like graphite. She made her remarks in a July 17 press release from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Florida resident Sanjay Singh with operating a $112 million Ponzi scheme that targeted members of the Haitian-American community.
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The Supreme Court recently announced a landmark decision ruling that the admissions programs of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the guarantees of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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A multi-agency law-enforcement action that stretched across the nation and lasted two weeks resulted in criminal charges against 78 individuals for alleged health-care fraud schemes.
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The Supreme Court of the United States recently addressed a case involving a challenge to North Carolina's congressional districting map.
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A two-week nationwide law enforcement action swept up 78 suspects accused of participating in healthcare fraud and opioid abuse schemes totaling $2.5 billion, a June 29 Department of Justice news release said.
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The U.S. Justice Department recently announced a nationwide law enforcement operation that resulted in criminal charges being brought against 78 defendants for their alleged involvement in health care fraud.
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Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of blockchain company Ripple, said the SEC’s lawsuits against leading crypto exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase, are an attempt to overcompensate for the agency’s failure to prevent crypto exchange FTX from misusing customer assets, leaving users with billions of dollars of missing funds when the exchange collapsed last fall.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, who attended the recent Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, has positive reflections on the headway NATO has made regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.
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In a historic moment, the highly anticipated Equality Act has been introduced, heralding a major stride in protecting the civil rights of individuals nationwide.
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U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) and Roger Williams (R-Texas)co-authored a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting a comprehensive explanation on the Department of Justice's ongoing initiatives for safeguarding American small businesses from intellectual property theft by the Chinese Communist Party.
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The U.S. Coast Guard announced a debris field was found about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic in the search for the missing submersible research vessel called the Titan which disappeared June 18.
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A Russian national has been charged for his role in multiple ransomware and cyber attacks against computer systems in the United States and around the world.
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A West Virginia man was found guilty of receiving child pornography and possessing prepubescent child porn.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced in a June 14 Twitter post that he and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the merger between the PGA and LIV Golf.
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Liberty and National Security Program co-director Elizabeth Goitein criticized the FBI's alleged abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the sentencing of a Romanian national who operated a “bulletproof hosting” service that facilitated the distribution of destructive malware.
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The European Commission announced measures taken in its investigation of Google, according to a June 14 statement release.
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U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced additional security assistance for Ukraine amidst its war with Russia.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III condemned the relentless suffering inflicted by the Kremlin's imperial ambitions on the Ukrainian people.