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US Justice Department Opens Antitrust Probe Into TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage Pause
The US Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into five major television networks that briefly suspended White House pool coverage in solidarity with CNN after the outlet was barred from the White House.
Justice Department Probes TV Networks Over Boycott of Trump Press-Pool Coverage
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division is investigating ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News over their brief September suspension of pooled White House coverage, escalating the Trump administration's confrontation with the press corps.
Justice Department seeks criminal indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson over January 6 testimony
Federal prosecutors have taken evidence to a grand jury in Washington as they pursue a lying-to-Congress charge against the former White House aide whose explosive 2022 testimony made her the star witness of the January 6 committee.
FBI and DOJ Seize Hacking Tools Used by China-Linked 'Flax Typhoon' Campaign
The Justice Department and FBI have seized two hacker tools — 'Microscan' and 'FishHub' — run by China-based Integrity Technology Group and used by Beijing-backed hackers to scan and phish critical infrastructure across the US, Japan, Poland, and Taiwan.
WSJ: Texts Show U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle Sought $100,000 Without a Paper Trail
The Wall Street Journal reports that Kimberly Guilfoyle, while preparing for her Senate confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Greece, asked a Trump donor for $100,000 she said she owed American Express 'in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.' Democrats are calling for a State Department review.
US Judge Rules Trump Administration's Voter-Roll Audits Unlawful in Sweeping Rebuke
US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled that the Justice Department unlawfully demanded state voter rolls to cross-check against an immigration database, halting a nationwide audit plan weeks before the November midterms.
US Proposes $70,000 Fee for International Students Seeking Work Through OPT
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed charging $70,000 for initial Optional Practical Training authorisation and $30,000 for extensions, a plan universities and international-education groups warn could effectively shut foreign graduates out of the US labour market.
US Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Air Force Bomb Detonations on Guam's Sacred Beach
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guåhan, a case that will decide whether the Air Force can keep detonating hazardous munitions on Tarague Beach — a site sacred to Guam's people, a turtle nesting ground, and land above the island's main drinking-water aquifer — without a full environmental review.
US Treasury Warns Foreign Banks: Cut Ties With Iran or Face Sanctions Without Notice
The US Treasury Department warned foreign financial institutions on Monday that any bank still doing business with Iran's financial sector could be sanctioned 'without advance notification', escalating Washington's campaign to sever Tehran's remaining financial lifelines amid the US-Iran war.