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US Justice Department’s October 7 task force is unraveling, report says
The task force, convened by US Attorney General Pam Bondi shortly after she took office, has struggled to deliver results despite the administration’s stated priority to fight antisemitism.
Trump administration launches further probes into Harvard University
FBI seizes Iranian domains tied to hacking, cyberwarfare, and threats against US and allies
US, Germany, Canada, take down major botnet infrastructure in joint operation
US Task Force to Combat Antisemitism to investigate 10 campuses
The reports on antisemitic incidences that encouraged the task force's visits were all made after Hamas's attacks in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
Minnesota man arrested for trying to provide ISIS with 'material support'
Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, from Minneapolis, was accused of joining ISIS by travelling to Somalia from his home state on two separate occasions.
Tajik national arrested in US for conspiring to support terrorist organizations
While living in Brooklyn, Manuchekhri facilitated about $70,000 in payments to ISIS-affiliated individuals in Turkey and Syria, FBI documents detail.
Woman pleads guilty of attempting to defraud Elvis Presley's family of Graceland estate
The woman was accused of using a fake company, forged documents and false court filings to carry out the scheme.
Danielle Sassoon, interim US attorney, resigns after being ordered to drop Eric Adams case
Danielle Sassoon resigned as interim US attorney after the Trump DOJ ordered her to drop the Eric Adams case, calling the move unjust and inconsistent with her duty to prosecute fairly.
Trump's Justice Department launches sweeping cuts targeting Jan. 6 prosecutors, FBI agents
The FBI was ordered to provide a list of all employees who worked on the 2024 case against Hamas, as well as any who worked on the cases by former special council Jack Smith.
US indicts neo-Nazis accused of running online child sexual exploitation ring
The pair are allegedly members of CVLT, “an online group that espoused neo-Nazism, nihilism, and pedophilia as its core principles.”
New Jersey man pleads guilty after being inspired by October 7 to join terrorist group
Nasr told an FBI confidential source posing as a facilitator for a terrorist organization that "evil America" was his primary enemy and the “head of the snake.”
Trump administration fires team of lawyers who prosecuted him, official says
The moves reflect a willingness by the administration to follow through on threats to seek retribution against prosecutors who pursued Trump and his supporters during his four years out of office.
US pushed to keep Lebanese militant in French prison after 40 years, letter shows
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was sentenced to life in 1987 for his role in the 1982 murders in Paris of US military attache Charles Ray and Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimantov.
