Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Spring Cleaning
Union Leaders Convicted of Racketeering, Fraud, and Embezzlement of Union Dues
CEO of Iran Tech Company Arrested on Federal Charge of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iran’s Nuclear and Military Establishment
Joint Law Enforcement Effort Disrupts Two Multi-State Drug Trafficking Operations; Nineteen Defendants Charged in Homeland Security Task Force Initiative
Morris County Man Arrested for Kicking and Biting ICE Deportation Officers
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Feb 17, 2026
On February 17, 1801, the House of Representatives, breaking a tie in the Electoral College, elected Thomas Jefferson president of the United States. Jefferson’s triumph brought an end to one of the most acrimonious presidential campaigns in U.S. history and…
Feb 16, 2026
By Katie Lange Army 2nd Lt. Darwin Keith Kyle was an experienced soldier who'd survived World War II and took pride in looking after his fellow soldiers. During a firefight during the Korean War, Kyle gave his life to ensure…
Feb 13, 2026
Defendant Has Been in United States Illegally Since Late 2007 PHILADELPHIA – Cristian Geovanni Rojas Benitez, 37, a Mexican national who overstayed his visa and remained illegally in the United States, was sentenced today to 14 months’ imprisonment by United…
Feb 13, 2026
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, launched an investigation into Lincoln Memorial University to determine whether the university is engaged in discrimination against its Jewish students. Among other concerns,…
Feb 13, 2026
Nikhil Gupta Worked at the Direction of an Indian Government Employee to Arrange the Murder of U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist Movement NIKHIL GUPTA, a/k/a “Nick,” an Indian national, pled guilty to all three counts contained in the Second Superseding…
Feb 13, 2026
The last member of a transnational Colombian robbery crew in Miami pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a series of robberies of and thefts from jewelry couriers that targeted high-end retailers and resulted in losses exceeding $5 million dollars.…
Feb 13, 2026
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Harvard University (Harvard), accusing Harvard of unlawfully withholding from the United States admissions data information necessary to determine whether Harvard is continuing to discriminate in its admissions process, even…
Feb 13, 2026
By David Vergun This year marks the nation's 250th birthday, celebrating the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, things were not going well for the American military forces, which were retreating from New York City and Canada following battles…
Feb 12, 2026
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan returned a superseding indictment yesterday against a third defendant for her alleged role in a forced labor conspiracy that victimized individuals in Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Missouri. “This case reflects…
Feb 12, 2026
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, was born in a single-room log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm in LaRue County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln, an illiterate pioneer farmer, and…
Feb 11, 2026
An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the District of Vermont charging a Dominican national and a U.S. citizen with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals from Mexico and Central and South America into the United States via the U.S.-Canada border. According…
Feb 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES – A licensed real estate broker and two other defendants were arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging they fraudulently sold a $1.5 million Burbank house – whose owner had his home sold out from under him…