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Disgraced FBI Informant Alexander Smirnov Admits Fabricating $10M Biden Bribery Hoax To Rig Presidential Election

Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI informant, seeks to retract his confession of fabricating a Biden bribery claim, with unexpected support from Trump's Justice Department.

International Business Times UK

Trump turns on Big Oil donors who spent nearly $100 million to get him elected—now he wants the DOJ to investigate them for price gouging

Crude prices are back to prewar levels. Gas prices aren’t. Now Trump is pointing fingers at his own biggest donors.

Fortune

DEA asks watchdog to investigate claims that agents permitted fentanyl to hit the streets

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has asked the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate a whistleblower’s claims that DEA agents permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico

The Independent UK

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Judge won’t let Trump’s DOJ off the hook over ‘slush fund’ after feds refuse to say it’s dead

Justice Department officials ripped for lacking ‘genuine degree of trustworthiness’ in slush fund lawsuit

The Independent UK

Lawyers for Gautam Adani urge US judge to dismiss criminal case

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's lawyers are pushing a U.S. judge to officially drop criminal charges after the Justice Department announced it would no longer pursue the case. Adani had been accused of bribery and misleading U.S. investors. The defense argues the charges were outside U.S. jurisdiction and unprovable. Separately, Adani's…

The Economic Times

Judge temporarily blocks subpoenas in criminal probe of transgender care at New York hospitals

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from executing subpoenas in a criminal probe that sought transgender care records for patients treated at New York hospitals

The Independent UK

Health care fraud: Medicare fraud worth over $6.5 billion exposed as Justice Department announces criminal charges against 455 people

Healthcare fraud has been a long-running Justice Department priority and news conferences announcing roundups and crackdowns have been common occurrences across the years.

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DOJ charges 455 in $6.5B healthcare fraud crackdown

In Florida, a heart doctor, Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme

The Independent UK

Texas doctor charged in $89M fraud case as administration pushes healthcare crackdown

The Justice Department says it has charged a Texas doctor in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme, accusing him of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests for college student-athletes and then rubber-stamping the results as normal without reviewing them

The Independent UK

Federal judge halts DOJ subpoena for Tim Walz over immigration probe, calls it 'harassment'

A federal judge has halted the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz, deeming the move an effort to coerce cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and retaliate against them. The judge found little evidence of criminal wrongdoing, stating the subpoenas were used for "unlawful purposes" rather…

The Times of India

Top Justice Department officials can remain part of prosecution of press gala attack, judge rules

A federal judge has denied a request to disqualify top Justice Department officials from supervising the prosecution of the man charged with trying to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

The Independent UK

Millions of fentanyl pills, no seizures? DEA faces scrutiny over New Mexico operations

US drug agents reportedly let thousands of fentanyl pills enter New Mexico communities while pursuing larger drug trafficking rings. Critics argue this tactic endangered lives in a state already battling a severe opioid crisis. The DEA defends its actions, stating investigations were court-authorized and aimed at dismantling major criminal organizations,…

The Times of India

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit US streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

DEA agents in New Mexico allegedly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills onto streets between 2023-2025, prioritizing larger cases over immediate seizures. This tactic, described by one agent as "poisoning our community," potentially endangered lives despite Justice Department guidelines urging seizure when "practicable."

The Economic Times

Elon Musk's xAI Gets Trump DOJ Backing In Fight To Keep Gas Turbines Running Near Black Mississippi Homes

The Justice Department supports Elon Musk's xAI in a Clean Air Act lawsuit, citing national security concerns, while the NAACP argues for environmental justice in Mississippi.

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Right-wing media wins the streaming wars

From the Murdochs to the Ellisons, conservative billionaires continue to monopolize media services

The Independent UK

Trump team wants to strip at least 250 Americans of their citizenship this year: report

The Justice Department has reportedly pulled attorneys out of other divisions to work on denaturalizing Americans

The Independent UK

Trump’s DOJ says it’s now investigating MLB over Pride Night and Bible verse controversy

Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for Civil Rights at the Justice Department, said the probe was part of the Trump administration's ‘commitment to combatting religious discrimination’

International Business Times UK

Trump Admin Is Secretly Trying to Strip Thousands of Americans of Their Citizenship: Report

The Trump administration is expanding denaturalisation efforts, targeting naturalised citizens accused of fraud, with people warning this could undermine citizenship protections.

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International Business Times UK

No Citizen Safe? Justice Department De-naturalisation Push Could Exceed All Cases Filed Since 2008

The US Justice Department is escalating efforts to revoke citizenship from naturalised Americans, with 250 lawsuits planned by October, as part of Trump's hardline immigration strategy.

The Independent UK

DOJ challenges Virginia laws restricting officer face coverings, ICE agreements

The Trump administration’s Justice Department is challenging Virginia laws targeting federal immigration officers

The Economic Times

Trump delays his own national intelligence nominee, fueling tension with fellow Republicans

President Donald Trump has disrupted the confirmation of his intelligence chief nominee. This move jeopardizes the renewal of a vital surveillance program. The decision has created friction with Republican lawmakers. The situation leaves a temporary appointee in charge, raising concerns about national security experience. The future of the surveillance tool…

The Independent UK

Foiled UFC terror attack should allow Trump to build ballroom as its ‘Drone port and Sniper Nest’ would destroy threats, DOJ says

Government lawyers urge appeals court to let construction continue ‘to defend against such attacks’ after an allegedly foiled plot to assassinate the president

International Business Times

Group That Planned Terror Attack On White House UFC Event Sought To Use Drones And Shoot Fleeing Attendees

Five men allegedly planned to use drones to bomb President Trump's UFC event and then shoot fleeing attendees in the ensuing panic, according to federal prosecutors.

The Independent UK

Trump admin fights to make reparations program illegal because it doesn’t help people who aren’t Black

A Chicago-area suburb made headlines for its first-in-the-nation reparations payments. The Justice Department says it’s racially discriminatory

AAP

In boost to Musk, Justice Department seeks to dismiss air pollution lawsuit against xAI data center

The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk's companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi

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