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NIH develops biomarker score for measuring ultra-processed food consumption

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new biomarker score that could offer an objective measure of ultra-processed food consumption.


U.S issues immediate sanctions relief for Syria through General License 25

Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 25 to provide immediate sanctions relief for Syria.


U.S. Treasury Secretary meets Japan's Finance Minister at G7 summit

Today, Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent held a meeting with Japan's Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato during the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings in Banff, Canada.


Treasury sanctions key members of Cartel del Noreste

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two senior members of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a violent drug trafficking organization based in Mexico.


Global crackdown dismantles major darknet drug networks

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in collaboration with Europol, the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement Team (JCODE), and various national and international partners, announced the results of Operation RapTOR on May 22.


Eight indicted in elder fraud scheme linked to China

A federal indictment in Providence, Rhode Island, has charged eight individuals for their involvement in a transnational fraud and money laundering scheme targeting elderly citizens in the United States and Canada.


ICE deports accused murderer Jesus Vazquez Daniel after two decades

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported Jesus Vazquez Daniel, a 59-year-old accused murderer, back to Mexico.


Mexican fugitive returned by ICE officers after illegal U.S. reentry

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers recently facilitated the transfer of a Mexican national, Miguel Sifuentes Jimenez, to authorities in Mexico.


Treasury sanctions high-ranking members of Cartel del Noreste

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two high-ranking members of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a Mexico-based organization formerly known as Los Zetas.


ICE leads multi-agency operation resulting in 23 arrests

A multi-agency law enforcement operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took place from April 29 to May 1 in the Evansville and Bloomington areas of southern Indiana.


ICE deports Honduran fugitive wanted for child-related crimes

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported Felipe Nery Casco Murillo, a foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for serious criminal charges.


ICE arrests Dominican national wanted for homicide

On May 19, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York City apprehended Marlon Josuel Cruz Fernandez, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic wanted for homicide in his home country.


Dominican fugitive charged with drug and firearm crimes arrested in Boston

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has arrested a 44-year-old Dominican national in Boston.


ICE arrests Armenian crime syndicate members for serious federal offenses

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) along with law enforcement partners in California and Florida arrested 13 individuals on May 20, who are alleged members and associates of Armenian organized crime syndicates.


Authorities arrest 21 illegal aliens in joint operation across Florida counties

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) joined forces with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies to conduct a two-day operation resulting in the arrest of 21 individuals who were illegally present in the United States.


ICE announces arrests linked to December mass shooting tied to gang activity

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the arrests of individuals involved in a mass shooting that occurred on December 2, 2024, at a house party in Chicago.


Colombian national detained by ICE over overseas theft charges

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained a Colombian national, Ludwin Quintero-Rojas, who is facing criminal charges in his home country for aggravated theft and attempted theft with injury.


ICE deports Salvadoran national with history of sex crimes

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported Juan Velasquez, a Salvadoran national previously convicted of multiple felonies in New York, back to El Salvador on May 15.


Virginia man charged for smuggling Honduran minor into US

A Virginia resident, Luis Alonso Argueta-Diaz, has been charged with conspiracy to transport an illegal alien after arranging and financing the smuggling of a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor from Honduras into the United States.


VA Secretary calls for national remembrance on Memorial Day

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins has issued a statement ahead of Memorial Day, honoring the service members who sacrificed their lives for the country.