Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
Does America need a domestic war on terror?
When President Joe Biden called “white supremacists … the most dangerous people in America … the greatest threat to terror in America, domestic terror” at a CNN town hall broadcast in Milwaukee this week, he was speaking...
US charges political scientist for acting as unregistered agent of Iranian government
A political scientist has been charged with acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of the Iranian government.
A criminal complaint charging Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, also known as Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, was unsealed on...
Erdoğan confidant proposes Israel-Turkey maritime deal that cuts out Cyprus
Following years of diplomatic strife, Turkey over the weekend signaled to Israel yet again its desire for rapprochement. On Monday, former admiral Cihat Yayci, a close confidant of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is...
Orthodox Jewish groups laud federal discrimination suit against New York village
Orthodox Jewish groups are praising the U.S. Department of Justice after it filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Village of Airmont in Rockland County, N.Y., claiming that its zoning laws are “discriminatory” and...
US Department of Justice denies deportation appeal of former German Nazi guard
A man who served as a Nazi concentration-camp guard has lost his appeal to halt his deportation, announced the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday.
Friedrich Karl Berger, a German citizen, was ordered removed from...
Federal law-enforcement charges Staten Island man for threatening Schumer, ‘blow up‘ FBI building
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a man from Staten Island, N.Y., for threatening to kill protesters, politicians and others because of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
Brian Maiorana, 54, was arrested...
US files civil forfeiture actions over seized Iranian missiles
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday the filing of two complaints to forfeit two shipments of Iranian missiles that the U.S. Navy seized in transit from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
US indicts two Iranians over cyber-theft campaign
Two Iranian nationals have been federally charged in connection with a coordinated cyber-intrusion campaign—sometimes at the behest of the Iranian government—allegedly targeting computers in New Jersey, elsewhere in the United States, Europe and the...
US orders ‘Al Jazeera’ platform to register as foreign agent
The U.S. Department of Justice ordered an affiliate of Al Jazeera to register on Monday as “an agent of the Government of Qatar,” according to a letter reported by multiple outlets.
The move to require AJ+ to...
US Department of Justice takes action against New York village targeting Orthodox Jews
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York sent a letter Monday notifying the Village of Airmont in Rockland County, N.Y., that they plan to file suit against the village on...