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The Justice Department secured a $30 million settlement with PayPal over a discriminatory investment program targeting black and minority-owned businesses. PayPal agreed to launch a new Small Business Initiative excluding race-based criteria and to waive processing fees on $1 billion in transactions.
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A Mexican national was sentenced to 41 months in prison for involvement in a large international alien smuggling conspiracy. The Justice Department emphasized its commitment to prosecuting cross-border human smuggling.
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Brandon Sartor of Hyattsville, Maryland, faces a six-count federal indictment in the Southern District of Florida for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. The indictment alleges Sartor compelled two adult women to perform commercial sex acts in Miami and other locations from December 2024 to April 2025. He also transported the victims across state
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Two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison for assisting North Korean IT fraud schemes. The schemes involved fraudulent remote IT worker operations that generated revenue for North Korea.
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Federal prosecutors issued a grand jury subpoena to NYU Langone Hospital seeking records related to gender-affirming care for minors. The subpoena is part of a criminal investigation led by the Northern District of Texas and is the first publicly acknowledged in this context.
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A federal indictment in an unknown court charges two corporate entities and a shoreside superintendent with conspiracy to defraud the United States and causing the deaths of six construction workers in a vessel crash. The Motor Vessel Dali, a 900-foot foreign-flag container ship registered in Singapore, struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland. The
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Timothy Oakes, a dual Canadian-American citizen, pleaded guilty to participating in a human smuggling conspiracy that caused the deaths of a family, including two toddlers. Oakes helped smuggling aliens from Canada into northern New York as part of a larger human smuggling organization.
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A federal judge in California has blocked Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna, a politically charged merger that faced opposition from Democratic state attorneys general and DirecTV. The case highlights concerns over antitrust violations and the political implications of the deal.
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The Department of Justice announced results from Operation Iron Pursuit, a nationwide enforcement effort targeting child sexual abuse. The operation located over 200 child victims and arrested more than 350 offenders across all 56 FBI field offices and U.S. Attorney’s offices. The coordinated effort involved multiple federal agencies including the FBI and
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a compensation process for victims of AirBit Club, a fraudulent virtual currency scheme. The scheme operated as a pyramid, promising guaranteed returns on cryptocurrency mining and trading memberships starting in 2015.
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The Department of Justice charged over 25 defendants in a nationwide crackdown on the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua. The defendants, many illegal aliens from Venezuela, Colombia, and Honduras, face charges related to violent crimes including murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking. The operation
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The mayor of Arcadia was federally charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China. The Justice Department announced the charges, which allege the mayor violated laws prohibiting undisclosed foreign agency. The case involves national security and foreign influence concerns.
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President Donald Trump's lawyers are negotiating with the IRS and Treasury Department to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit alleging unauthorized leaks of his tax information during his first administration. In a court filing, Trump's legal team requested a 90-day extension to help discussions and prevent a prolonged legal battle.
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President Joe Biden plans to intervene to block the Justice Department from releasing redacted transcripts and audio recordings of his 2017 interactions with his book ghostwriter. The Department of Justice disclosed this intent in a court filing related to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Heritage Foundation.
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A former NFL player received a 196-month prison sentence for running a $197 million Medicare fraud scheme. He owned a marketing company and controlled eight durable medical equipment companies that sold patient data and fake doctors’ orders for unnecessary orthotic braces. The scheme defrauded Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs' CHAMPVA program
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The Department of Justice filed denaturalization actions against 12 individuals accused of serious crimes including providing material support to terrorist groups, war crimes, and sexual abuse of minors. The actions seek to revoke citizenship obtained through illegal means or concealment under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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The U.S. Department of Justice sued New Mexico and Albuquerque, challenging state and local laws that allegedly interfere with federal immigration enforcement. The complaint seeks a preliminary injunction against HB9 and the Safer Community Places Ordinance.
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Three Illinois nursing facilities agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. The facilities submitted or caused submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary rehabilitation services.
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The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 against President Trump's 10% global tariffs. The court limited relief to two small importers and the state of Washington, which was the only state in a 24-state coalition to demonstrate it paid the tariffs. The Department of Justice announced plans to appeal the decision.
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The Supreme Court faces a May 11, 2026 deadline regarding a stay on the 5th Circuit’s ruling that restricts telemedicine abortion access. The Court may extend the stay, allow restrictions to take effect, or hear the case fully. The outcome will influence telemedicine abortion availability and regulatory authority.
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Judge Solomon Oliver rejected the city of Cleveland’s request to end a federal consent decree governing police reforms. The judge found the city has not achieved substantial and effective compliance with the agreement’s material terms after more than a decade.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice withdrew a joint statement regarding fair lending and credit opportunities for noncitizen borrowers. This decision came after the withdrawal of the statement on October 12, 2023, indicating a shift in the agencies' stance on the issue.
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A federal judge has temporarily halted Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna, a major local TV network, pending the outcome of an antitrust trial. The deal, valued at $6.2 billion, involves Nexstar acquiring 65 additional stations from Tegna. Nexstar plans to appeal the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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The Justice Department fired four prosecutors accused of bias against anti-abortion activists. The terminations followed allegations that the Biden administration selectively used the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act to prosecute based on political beliefs. The firings expose internal tensions over perceived political loyalty within the DOJ.
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