A federal judge on Thursday moved to extend by one week a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from carrying out plans that would all but dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. The order, which Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said he would file later…
The Trump White House on Wednesday sent termination notices to at least some U.S. Attorneys around the country who had been appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, according to an excerpt of the email reviewed by Reuters. The Trump White House on Wednesday handed termination warnings to at least a few U.S. Attorneys nationwide who…
A federal appeals court panel in San Francisco appeared skeptical of Alphabet Inc.’s argument that its competition with Apple Inc. in smartphones is sufficient to justify overturning a jury verdict that declared an illegal monopoly for Android apps. Source link
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former senior adviser to the U.S. Federal Reserve, John Harold Rogers, was arrested on charges he conspired to steal Fed trade secrets for the benefit of China, the Justice Department announced on Friday. Rogers, who worked as a senior adviser in the Fed’s division of international finance from 2010 until 2021, allegedly…
President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal bureaucracy focused on loyalty to the president, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The sweeping move did not affect Michael E. Horowitz, the inspector general for the Justice…
The police department in Worcester, Massachusetts, allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of being involved in the commercial sex trade, according to a report the U.S. Justice Department released Monday following a two year investigation. The 41-page report also found that the police department used excessive force, including the unjustified uses…
JAPAN – 2022/12/14: In this photo illustration, a TikTok App Logo is displayed on a mobile phone. … [+] (Photo Illustration by Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A TikTok ban seems even more likely after a federal appeals court unanimously decided to uphold the ruling. “The Government acted solely…
Special counsel David Weiss on Monday dismissed President Biden’s claim that his troubled son, Hunter Biden, was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” for federal tax and gun crimes. “The Government does not challenge that the defendant has been the recipient of an act of mercy. But that does not mean the grand jury’s decision to charge…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived “conspirators.” It’s the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment and a test for how far Senate Republicans will go…
Google has a lot at stake if the Justice Department succeeds in breaking up its empire, from control over its search data and Android operating system to the loss of its Chrome browser. But the biggest threat the company faces is to a search business that is deeply woven into the technology ecosystem of its…