Trump’s DOJ Doubles Bounty on Venezuela’s Maduro to $50 Million, Bondi Announces
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Trump’s DOJ Moves to Revive Grand Jury Inquiry into Russia Probe Origins — What’s Next
Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Justice Department to move forward with a probe into the origins of the Donald Trump‑Russia investigation, following the release of documents aimed at casting doubt on the legitimacy of the inquiry that determined Moscow interfered in the 2016 election to help the Republican nominee. Bondi has directed a […]
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China Spy Stole Secret US Missile Tech: DOJ
An engineer pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing military trade secrets from a Southern California defense contractor. Newsweek contacted the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment by email outside office hours. Why It Matters The plea comes amid heightened mistrust of China among U.S. officials, fueled by the East Asian rival’s state-linked hacking operations, […]
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Andrew Cuomo Accuses DOJ of ‘Election Interference’ Amid Reported Inquiry
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The […]
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Trump DOJ Sues Insurance Giants Over Alleged Medicare ‘Kickbacks’ Scheme
The Trump administration on Thursday filed a lawsuit against three of the country’s biggest insurance companies, accusing them of shelling out hundreds of millions “in illegal kickbacks” to insurance brokers “in exchange for enrollments into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans.” What To Know Thursday’s lawsuit was filed in Massachusetts and names Aetna Inc., Elevance Health […]
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Trump’s Latest DOJ Appointments Don’t ‘Bode Well,’ Legal Analyst Warns
President-elect Donald Trump‘s decision to appoint his personal criminal defense attorneys to a position in the Department of Justice (DOJ) “does not bode well,” legal analyst Barbara McQuade warned. Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Todd Blanche as his next deputy attorney general and Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general. Both attorneys […]
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