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TopicUS Justice Department

Topic: US Justice Department

Trump responds to NYT report, says Justice Department owes him money, vows to donate to charity

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Trump is demanding $230 million compensation from the Justice Department over what he claims were politically motivated probes.

US State Dept sentences employee to 4 yrs in prison for selling defence information

The US Justice department announced that Michael Schena, 42, was sentences for conspiring to collect and transmit defence information to authorities in China.

Jailed for threats to Sikhs, story of Indian-American Bhushan Athale & his descent into hate

Athawale, originally from Nanded in Maharashtra, has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for issuing threats against employees of a Sikh non-profit.

Meta to face lawsuit over claims of cheaper foreign labour preferences

US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco says 3 US citizens, who accused Meta of refusing to hire them though they were qualified, may pursue a proposed class action.

‘Committed to justice,’ Kash Patel expresses gratitude after appointment as 9th FBI director

Patel thanked President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi for their support and emphasised his commitment to restoring public trust in the FBI.

‘Enough is enough.’ US president Joe Biden does U-turn to pardon son Hunter in gun and tax cases

'I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,' US president says in a statement released by the White House.

Code name for Adani, PPT on bribes, cellphone notes on corrupt officials—Inside US indictment

Criminal charges unsealed by US Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of New York accuse Adani Group & Azure Group of offering Rs 2,029 cr in bribes to Indian govt officials.

US Judge halts proceedings in 2020 Trump election subversion case after poll victory

Trump pleaded not guilty to four charges of conspiring to obstruct vote certification after his 2020 defeat. His efforts led to the deadly 6 January Capitol attack following a speech.

US Justice Dept draws link between PMO & Vikash Yadav, RAW ex-officer accused in Pannun plot

Though Indian govt has conveyed that it no longer employs Vikash Yadav, US wants speedy probe into plot to assassinate SFJ founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, it is learnt.

US charges ‘CC-1’ Vikash Yadav for orchestrating Pannun murder plot. A timeline

The thwarted plan, which was first investigated by US law enforcement in May 2023, has led to charges against the former R&AW official as well as another Indian citizen, Nikhil Gupta.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.