Chinese couple charged with smuggling a biological pathogen into the U.S.

Chinese couple charged with smuggling a biological pathogen into the U.S.

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan on August 25, 2010 Carol M. Highsmith | Buyenlarge | Archive Photos | Getty Images A Chinese researcher in Michigan and her boyfriend have been charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that “can cause devastating diseases in crops” into the United States, according to federal…

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Justice Department pulls civil rights investigations into local police departments

Justice Department pulls civil rights investigations into local police departments

A Minneapolis Police officer rolls up caution tape at a crime scene in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is dismissing lawsuits against a number of local police departments and ending investigations into patterns and practices of unconstitutional behavior, officials announced Wednesday. The pullback from police oversight comes amid major…

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Schumer pauses Trump DOJ nominees

Schumer pauses Trump DOJ nominees

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Democratic leadership following a policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC May 6, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that he is putting a hold on Department of…

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U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans

U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans

The Justice Department on Thursday accused three of the nation’s largest health insurers of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks over several years to insurance brokers that steered people into private Medicare plans. Federal prosecutors also accused two of the insurers of colluding with brokers to discriminate against people with disabilities, by…

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Perkins Coie and WilmerHale Ask Judges to Block Trump’s Orders

Perkins Coie and WilmerHale Ask Judges to Block Trump’s Orders

Two federal judges on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to arguments from elite law firms asking for definitive relief from President Trump’s executive orders targeting them. Lawyers for two firms, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, have asked the courts to permanently block the Trump administration from carrying out the orders, arguing that the measures are so blatantly unconstitutional…

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