US Department of Justice

Tim Walz, Minneapolis mayor subpoenaed by US Dept. of Justice amid immigration crackdown

A source familiar with the investigation said that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation of Walz, Frey, and others over an alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (R) and his wife Gwen Walz (L) look on during a vigil for Renee Good on the steps of the state capitol building on January 09, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Vandenberg wearing a t-shirt bearing the word ‘AMALEK,’ a term meaning ‘destroyer of Jews’ at the travel center on June 12, 2025

Ex Navy SEAL with 'Amalek' shirt convicted of planning to throw explosives at cops

Gregory Vandenberg had purchased fireworks in New Mexico on June 12 with the intention of throwing them at police officers during the June 14 protests against US President Donald Trump in San Diego.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Suspected arson at Beth Israel synagogue in Jackson, Mississppi, that destroyed two torah scrolls, January 11, 2026.

‘Synagogue of Satan': Beth Israel arson suspect laughed when admitting crime to father

Madison, Mississippi resident Stephen Spencer Pittman was alleged to have used an axe to break a window of Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn,  and entered to pour gasoline and set it ablaze.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a press conference, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2025.

Federal Reserve Chair claims Trump admin. threatened him with criminal indictment

Powell's statement amounts to a dramatic escalation in the fight between him and Donald Trump that dates to Powell's first years as chair in 2018.

|ByREUTERS

ISIS-K member charged with 2021 bombing, US State Dept. says

Sharifullah is expected to appear in the Eastern District of Virginia later today, and, if convicted, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

MARCH 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISIS militants

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.

MARCH 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign that reads "glory to the martyrs, victory to the resistance", on the campus of Columbia University, on the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in New York City, US, October 7, 2024.

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.

MARCH 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISIS fighters.

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.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByRAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH
Cyberattack (illustrative)

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.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByREUTERS
How can you keep yourself safe from phishing scams? (illustrative)

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.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
Danielle Sassoon resigned as interim US attorney in Manhattan on Feb. 13, 2025.

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.

FEBRUARY 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025.

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.”

JANUARY 31, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

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.”

JANUARY 28, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A screenshot of a X/Twitter post linked with Nasr.

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.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump takes oath on the day of his Presidential Inauguration at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, January 20, 2025.