By Janice Hisle Contributing Writer The Justice Department’s new fraud-fighting unit, formed in April, recently announced its first round of prosecutions in Minnesota: 15 defendants accused of $90 million in fake
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday released new terms of a possible agreement between the United States and Iran, saying the regime must immediately open the Strait of Hormuz
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer The European Commission has fined Chinese online retailer Temu 200 million euros ($232 million) for failing to do enough to stop the sale of illegal products within the 27-member European
By Bill Pan Contributing Writer Federal regulators have paused the review of Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern, an $85 billion deal that would create the United States’ first transcontinental freight railroad. Union Pacific’s
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer A CIA official has been arrested after law enforcement authorities found hundreds of gold bars and millions of dollars in cash in his home, according to
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the University of California-Los Angeles over alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students on campus. The
By Ryan Morgan & Emel Akan Contributing Writers WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have tentatively agreed upon a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend their current ceasefire and enable further
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer Former President Joe Biden filed a lawsuit on Monday in a bid to block the Department of Justice from releasing audio recordings and transcripts of his private conversations with
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Uganda on Wednesday announced it is closing its border with Congo in a bid to curb Ebola. The National Task Force on Ebola Response, chaired by Ugandan Vice
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer European Union Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has urged European governments to ramp up weapons production, open military stockpiles to Ukraine, and adopt a “peace through strength” approach to
By Ryan Morgan Contributing Writer WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump downplayed talk of immediate sanctions relief on Iran amid ongoing negotiations to secure a lasting peace agreement with Tehran. “We’re not talking about any
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer The Department of Justice asked a court on Sunday to lift the block on the White House ballroom project, citing a recent shooting it said was the second attempted assassination
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open “one way or the other,” after U.S. forces carried out what
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday laid out three possible paths for dealing with Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, after insisting that Tehran will not be allowed to retain a pathway
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer U.S. authorities stopped three Go-Fast vessels in the Eastern Pacific in a single day, seizing thousands of pounds of narcotics. The operation was conducted by Joint Interagency Task
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer President Donald Trump’s administration has approved federal emergency funding for California after it was requested by Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to a potential chemical
By Emel Akan Contributing Writer WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered along Constitution Avenue on Monday for the Memorial Day parade, where veterans, military personnel, 9/11 survivors, and first responders marched together to honor those who made
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer The U.S. military command operating in the Western Hemisphere said on Wednesday that an aircraft carrier strike group entered the Caribbean Sea, as the Trump administration heaps pressure on the
By Emel Akan Contributing Writer Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president, has been indicted on murder charges in the United States, court records unsealed on Wednesday show. The move marks intensifying U.S. pressure on
By Janice Hisle Contributing Writer Criminal charges have been filed against 15 accused fraudsters in Minnesota, involving more than $90 million in taxpayers’ dollars, federal officials announced on Thursday at a news conference in