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The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) recently reported the large amount of federal discretionary funds that have been allocated to militarism and war.
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Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, said its investigations team has helped U.S. law enforcement seize millions of dollars from and freeze the accounts of individuals associated with organized crime in North Korea.
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The U.S. DOJ filed an amended complaint and consent decree with George’s to resolve claims that they conspired with other poultry processors to suppress workers’ wages.
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A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Justice Department (DOJ) and the attorneys general of six states and the District of Columbia in an antitrust lawsuit to stop the Northeast Alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
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A Pennsylvania man was found guilty by a federal jury of multiple felonies, including torture and illegally exporting weapons and parts to Iraq, the U.S. Department of Justice reported.
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A three-month campaign to destroy networks used by international criminals to receive fraud proceeds had been successful.
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The U.S. seeks to take an active role in protecting Taiwan specifically and the Indo-Pacific generally and one approach is through the AUKUS pact, a trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
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Microsoft's planned purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard has endured antitrust investigations in multiple countries, and the transaction still faces opposition from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testified at a recent Senate committee hearing that the Department of Defense has five specific strategies for confronting China’s “growing assertiveness."
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A Massachusetts man has been indicted for allegedly acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China without notifying the U.S.
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North Carolina land appraiser Walter “Terry” Douglas Roberts II pleaded guilty on May 12 to conspiring to defraud the U.S. as part of a syndicated conservation easement tax shelter scheme.
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Ukrainian tank crews and maintainers are set to begin training on U.S. M1 Abrams tanks in Germany, a DOD news report said this week.
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A former Homeland Security Investigations special agent has received a life sentence for sexually assaulting two women and preventing them from reporting the attacks.
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Special Counsel John Durham has released a report detailing "intelligence activities and investigations arising out of the 2016 presidential campaigns," in which he concluded that the FBI's basis for investigating Donald Trump's ties with Russia was "seriously flawed." The FBI said in a statement in response to the report that its leadership has already taken steps to correct the issues that led to the conduct described in the report.
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A high-ranking executive and former educator in a Texas school district has been found guilty by a federal jury on kidnapping and sex charges, the U.S. Department of Justice reports.
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Two federal agencies have reached an interim resolution agreement with the Alabama Department of Public Health and a county health department in a nearly two-year environmental-justice investigation.
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A new study by the RAND Corporation found that providing defendants with legal counsel during the initial bail hearing decreases the use of monetary bail and pretrial detention without increasing the likelihood that defendants fail to appear at the subsequent preliminary hearing.
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ERO Boston has arrested a Dominican national charged with possession and intent to distribute narcotics.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has authorized a new $1.2 billion security assistance package under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) to bolster Ukraine's air defenses and sustain its artillery ammunition needs.
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DoD Implements the Brandon Act to Enhance Mental Health Support for Service Members