In one month, the oral arguments in TikTok versus the United States are set to begin. The social media company argues that a U.S. law is unconstitutional. The law bans the app from operating in the U.S. unless it severs ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The U.S. government cites national security concerns as…

Authorities arrested and charged a Jordanian citizen in connection with an attack on a solar energy facility in Florida. The crime, which reportedly took hours to commit, resulted in over $700,000 in damages. Some solar panels were so severely damaged that they will need to be permanently decommissioned. Law enforcement officials stated that this attack…

Prosecutors in Mexico are considering criminal charges for anyone who helped hand over the drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada to the United States. In July, the Justice Department arrested Joaquin Guzman Lopez — Sinaloa cartel co-founder and El Chapo’s son — and Zambada after their plane landed at a small airport in New Mexico. Guzman…

An Army intelligence analyst has pleaded guilty to charges related to selling classified military information to China. Sgt. Korbein Schultz, who held a top-secret security clearance, admitted to the charges in a court appearance on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Schultz, 24, was arrested in March for his involvement in a scheme to exchange sensitive U.S. military…

Former President Donald Trump is preparing to sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago property in August 2022. Trump’s legal team argues that the raid was part of “an unconstitutional process” and was “driven by political persecution.” Trump and his team are seeking $100 million in damages, according to…

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday, Aug. 9, the indictment of three current and former executives of Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing right-wing media outlets over 2020 election coverage. Prosecutors said executives used a slush fund to bribe the former top election official in the Philippines, Andy Bautista, in exchange for “obtaining…

Around 75% of Americans believe that democracy is at stake in the upcoming 2024 presidential election in November, according to a poll released by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on Thursday, Aug. 8. Although, which presidential candidates poses the biggest threat to democracy depends on who is asked. While most Democrats, Republicans…

In the wake of a federal judge ruling that Google is a monopoly for its search business practices, all eyes are turning to other antitrust cases in the works. But even before the Google decision brought by the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and its celebrity chair were feeling the political heat. FTC Chair…

The antitrust ruling against Google on Monday, Aug. 5, is groundbreaking. By declaring Google is a monopoly, it marked the biggest tech antitrust ruling since Microsoft in the ’90s. It’s not that the government never takes up these cases; it’s that the government doesn’t often win. And to be fair, it hasn’t won yet. Google plans…

A Pakistani national with ties to the Iranian government was arrested in July in connection with an alleged plot to kill American politicians and officials, according to the Department of Justice on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Multiple sources said one of the main targets was former President Donald Trump. Asif Merchant, 46, is charged with murder for hire…