Office of Public Affairs | Chinese National Arrested at JFK International Airport on Federal Charges for Illegally Photographing Military Aircraft at Nebraska Air Force Base

Tianrui Liang, 21, of China, has been charged by complaint for conduct related to illegally documenting Air Force planes located at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska, announced United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. Offutt Air Force Base is a key base in the […]

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Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Places FDA-Approved Marijuana Products and Products Containing Marijuana Subject to a Qualifying State-issued License in Schedule III, Strengthening Medical Research While Maintaining Strict Federal Controls

In accordance with President Trump’s December 18, 2025, Executive Order on Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research, the Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced the issuance of an order immediately placing both FDA-approved products containing marijuana and marijuana products regulated by a state medical marijuana license in Schedule III of the […]

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Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer

Speaking at the Digital World Conference (DWC): AI for Social Development   – co-organized by the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) – Professor Hinton stressed that rapid advances in AI must be guided more carefully to serve societies – rather than undermine them. “If you ever went out with a car that had no brake, […]

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Office of Public Affairs | Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.  The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division filed two forfeiture actions to […]

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World News in Brief: Insecurity in the Darfurs, 100 million live with landmine threats, Singapore execution moratorium

More than 10 people were reportedly killed, and many others injured, in a drone strike on Tuesday in the town of Um Dukhun in Central Darfur state, according to local sources.  “We strongly condemn this, and all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure,” Mr. Dujarric told journalists in New York.  Meanwhile, insecurity forced some 115 people to flee their homes in a village […]

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Office of Public Affairs | The Department of Justice Reaches a Proposed Consent Decree with Nebraska to Enjoin the State from Enforcing its Unconstitutional In-State Tuition and Scholarship Programs for Illegal Aliens

Today, the United States filed a complaint against Nebraska and joined with the State in filing a proposed consent decree to permanently enjoin Nebraska laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens. The proposed consent decree, which must still be approved by the court, would resolve the Department’s claims that Nebraska’s laws […]

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Earth Day: The battle to save a drowning Pacific island nation

In 2025, more than 90 per cent of Tuvaluans applied for a visa scheme to obtain residency or citizenship in Australia. Just before that, in 2022, the Government of Tuvalu created the first ‘digital nation’ in the metaverse to preserve its statehood and culture if its physical territory disappears. In these small, isolated island communities, […]

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Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Seeks to Forfeit Beverly Hills Mansion Purchased with Proceeds of Scheme to Defraud U.S. Military and Bribe an Iraqi Official

The Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking the forfeiture of a mansion located in Beverly Hills, California, alleged to have been purchased and renovated with approximately $30 million in proceeds of a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense […]

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Ceasefire extension offers diplomatic opening, but tensions persist in Strait of Hormuz

The UN Secretary-General welcomed the move, calling it “an important step toward de-escalation and creating critical space for diplomacy and confidence-building between Iran and the United States.” In a statement issued late on Tuesday by his spokesperson, António Guterres urged all sides to “refrain from actions that could undermine the ceasefire” and to engage constructively […]

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Office of Public Affairs | High-Ranking Member of Los Zetas Cartel Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

A Mexican national and high-ranking violent member of the Los Zetas cartel pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics charges. According to court documents, Daniel Perez Rojas, also known as Cachetes and Cacheton 49, of Mexico, was a high-ranking member of Los Zetas cartel, a drug trafficking organization comprised primarily of former Mexican military officers that […]

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