DOJ charges Chinese national in $5.9 billion Covid ‘botnet’ fraud
The seal of the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC on March 21, 2024. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images A global malware network responsible for the theft …
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US court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 …
Google cuts check for DOJ while trying to dodge jury trial in digital ads lawsuit
Google has taken the bizarre step of paying the US government’s proposed damages in full as it seeks to avoid a risky jury trial in the Justice Department’s case targeting …
As Paris Olympics approach, concerns continue after doping watchdog cleared Chinese swimmers in 2021
The Current19:26Doping concerns ahead of the Paris Olympics A recent investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) clearance of 23 Chinese athletes ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics is raising questions …
U.S. suing Ticketmaster owner Live Nation
The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster …
Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan
WASHINGTON: Some of Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, …
TikTok and US seek to fast-track suit on divest-or-ban law
The US Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a US appeal court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance …
North Koreans posed as US tech workers to fund nuclear weapons, State Department says
Posing as Americans, North Korean technology workers secured remote work contracts with hundreds of US companies as part of a scheme to help fund Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear weapons and missile …
White House blocks Republican demands for audio of Biden’s special council interview
President Joe Biden on Thursday moved to block Republicans in the US House of Representatives from obtaining audio recordings of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur over his retention …
At the Trump trial, the grilling of Michael Cohen commences
The grilling of the star witness in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has commenced. The former president’s lawyers cast his ally-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen as an impulsive, biased and ill-tempered narrator. The …