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Alanna Durkin Richer

Alanna Durkin Richer

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Boeing strikes $1.1 billion deal with Justice Department over deadly 737 Max crashes—and must pay $445 million to victims’ families

Boeing will pay and invest more than $1.1 billion, including an additional $445 million for the crash victims’ families.

23.05.2025 3

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Alanna Durkin Richer

Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump’s bid to oust him was unlawful

The law says special counsels can be removed by the president “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”

02.03.2025 4

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Special counsel Jack Smith defends Trump investigation as much-anticipated report released: ‘Our team stood up for the rule of law’

The report, arriving just days before Trump is to return to office on Jan. 20, focuses fresh attention on his frantic but failed effort to cling to...

14.01.2025 10

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Ex-FBI informant who made up Ukraine bribery story about Biden and son Hunter gets 6 years in prison

Alexander Smirnov falsely claimed to his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid then-VP Biden and his son $5...

09.01.2025 7

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Former FBI informant will plead guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving Biden and son Hunter

Alexander Smirnov told his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid President Biden and Hunter Biden $5...

16.12.2024 10

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Federal prosecutors dismiss Trump documents case in major presidential perk

The move amounts to a predictable but nonetheless stunning conclusion to a criminal case that just one year ago had been seen as the most perilous...

25.11.2024 4

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Florida and Texas say they won’t let DOJ monitors into polling places to perform decades-long practice of watching for violations

The Justice Department announced last week that it's deploying election monitors in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states on Election Day.

05.11.2024 2

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Man who destroyed hundreds of ballots in Oregon and Washington drop box fires is a metalworker and might be planning more attacks, police say

Authorities described the suspect as a white man, age 30 to 40, who is balding or has very short hair.

31.10.2024 20

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Alanna Durkin Richer

25-year-old arrested in SEC social media hack that spiked Bitcoin price

The price of bitcoin briefly spiked more than $1,000 after the post claimed “The SEC grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all...

18.10.2024 2

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Alanna Durkin Richer

Trump claims crime is ‘through the roof,’ but here’s what FBI data actually say

Overall violent crime declined an estimated 3% in 2023 from the year before, according to the FBI report Monday.

24.09.2024 20

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RealPage’s algorithm enabled collusion that kept rents high, antitrust lawsuits allege

In a statement, RealPage said the Justice Department's claims were “devoid of merit and will do nothing to make housing more affordable."

23.08.2024 3

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A woman allegedly posed as 3 people in the plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family and auction Graceland

A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated the brazen scheme, the Justice Department said Friday.

17.08.2024 3

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