Attorney General Merrick Garland Names Special Counsel to Lead Trump Criminal Investigations

Veteran prosecutor Jack Smith will lead the inquiry into Trump's handling of sensitive documents, as well as the investigation into Trump's and others' roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurgency.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel on Friday to oversee tw...

US GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO BATTLE THREAT OF RANSOMWARE

According to an announcement made by the U.S. government on Thursday on the Department of Justice website, under new resources and initiatives to protect American businesses and communities from ransomware attacks it has launched a new website. This new website is jointly launched by tgr U.S. Dep...

US FILES A SUIT IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE 2 MILLION OIL BARRELS, SAYS IT IS IRANIAN

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• The United States has filed a case in an attempt to seize 2 million oil barrels that it claims of coming from Iran

• It also said that the terrorist outfits use oil money for purchasing weapons of mass destruction and carry out human rights abuses

GOOGLE ACQUIRES FITBIT FOR WHOPPING $2.1 BILLION

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• The US Justice Department had said that it has not reached a final decision about whether to pursue an enforcement action regarding the Fitbit deal

• “We complied with the DOJ's (Justice Department’s) extensive review for the past 14 mont...

TICKETMASTER TO PAY CRIMINAL FINE WORTH $10 MN FOR ACCESSING COMPETITOR’S ONLINE SYSTEMS

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• Ticketmaster agreed to the fine after being charged with five counts of computer intrusion and fraud by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York

• The employees of the Ticketmaster used stolen passwords in order to get through ...

U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES SUIT AGAINST WALMART FOR FUELING OPIOID CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY

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• “Walmart’s pharmacies violated the law by filling thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that Walmart's pharmacists knew were invalid” said the Justice Department

• The company has always empowered our pharmacists to r...

GOOGLE RESPONDS TO U.S. ANTITRUST LAWSUIT, DENIES MISUSE OF POWER

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• Google said it didn’t make use of its multibillion-dollar deals with other tech companies to safeguard its position as the primary online search engine

• The Alphabet-owned company used agreements with device makers like Apple, Samsung and LG in or...

GOOGLE WILL NOT FILE MOTION TO DISMISS US LAWSUIT

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• Google was sued by the U.S. Justice Department for $1 trillion in the month of October accused of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades

• Google would refrain from fi...

U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEIZED BITCOIN WORTH $1 BILLION

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• It was seeking the forfeiture of the cryptocurrency, which had been in the possession of an unnamed hacker who stole them from the notorious website said the Justice Department

• The government in the past had auctioned forfeited cryptocurrency, hence th...

U.S. JUDGE UPHOLDS E. JEAN CAROLL LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP

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• The Justice Department last month had intervened in this case arguing Trump was acting within the scope of his official duties as president when he denied all allegations by Carroll

• President Donald Trump was accused by writer E. Jean Carroll of raping...

U.S. APPEALS COURT TURNS DOWN IMMEDIATE WeChat BAN REQUEST

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• Three-judge bench for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the government had not demonstrated it would suffer an imminent, irreparable injury during the pendency of this appeal, which is being expedited

• The ruling will avoid an unprecedented shutdo...

DECEMBER 19: LAST DATE FOR GOOGLE TO RESPOND TO US ANTITRUST LAWSUIT

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• According to a court filing on Friday, search engine giant Google has to respond to the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit by December 19

• The Justice Department accused Google of illegally maintaining its monopoly over search with the help...

INDIAN AMERICAN JUDGE AMIT MEHTA TO HEAR U.S. ANTITRUST CASE AGAINST GOOGLE

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• Amit Mehta was nominated to the court by former US President Barack Obama and was confirmed to the US District Court for the District of Columbia in the year 2014

• According to the experts, Amit Mehta who previously was a partner at the law firm Zuckerm...

US FILES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE IN DISTRICT COURT IN COLUMBIA

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• The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in the District of Columbia, and in it, the Justice Department accused Google of illegally maintaining its monopoly over search via multiple exclusive business contracts and agreements that lock out competition

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U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEK AN IMMEDIATE BAN ON DOWNLOADS OF WeChat

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• The President of the United States, Donald Trump on August 6 had issued an executive order to ban two Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, effective from September 20

• Last Saturday, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in California had agreed to delay US restric...

The Trump administration refuses to release confidential report justifying vehicle tariffs

The Trump administration has refused to announce a confidential government report that according to the officials, justified steep tariffs on the imports of vehicles to the United States, an unusual move which is directly in defiance of the Congress. 

A spokesperson of the Commerce...

Sessions to come back

As the United States presidential elections are coming near, there is a rise in political announcements of who will be running for what position and what state will be siding with what party. The Democrats and Republicans are the two major ones battling out at the United States political ground t...