After the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday, Sept. 25, reported the 10th death connected to a listeria outbreak linked to recalled Boar’s Head deli meat. Lawmakers are now demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). A group of House representatives and…

Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sold over $500,000 worth of Visa stock weeks before the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against the credit card company. The sale raised concerns due to its timing and previous financial scrutiny on the Pelosi family. According to public records, Pelosi sold…

The Department of Justice filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Visa Tuesday, Sept. 24. The suit alleges the payments processor took part in anticompetitive practices in the debit card market that hurt merchants and consumers alike. “Visa deploys a web of unlawful anti-competitive agreements to penalize merchants and banks for using competing payment networks,” Attorney…

Several Republican lawmakers called for investigation into Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy’s visit to the United States. They questioned whether it was meant to help Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the election.  Zelenskyy visited a Scranton, Pennsylvania, ammunition factory Sunday, Sept. 22. He thanked workers who are producing one of the most needed weapons for…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa. In the suit, it accused the company of monopolizing the debit card market through anticompetitive practices. The government claimed these actions have potentially cost consumers and businesses billions of dollars. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that Visa controls over 60% of U.S. debit…

Maryland is ramping up its legal battle against the owners of the massive container ship Dali that led to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. State officials filed a new lawsuit during the week of Sept. 22, against Singapore-based companies, joining a string of claims accusing them of knowingly sending an unsafe vessel…

Federal prosecutors said they will pursue an attempted assassination charge against the man accused of staking out former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ryan Routh was in federal court Monday, Sept 23, for a detention hearing. The judge ruled Routh will stay behind bars until his trial, citing evidence…

A man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump wrote a letter addressed to the world months before the incident on Sept. 15, according to a new filing from the Justice Department. Ryan Wesley Routh allegedly wrote the letter, which was discovered in a box he dropped off at a witness’s home. The…

Nearly six months after a cargo ship triggered the Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse in Baltimore, the ship is finally leaving the U.S. The Dali officially left the Port of Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 19. The ship departed after undergoing repairs, which started back in June. Alongside the departure comes a $100 million lawsuit…

Six members of a Kansas-based cult were convicted on Monday, Sept. 16, of conspiracy. Federal prosecutors said that they forced children as young as eight to work 16-hour long days and live under “deplorable” conditions. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said the former members of the United Nation of Islam left dozens of child…