The US Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from mental healthcare for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault, according to internal records and four people familiar with the matter. At least 365 grants from the Office of Justice Programs, the department’s largest grant-making arm,…
President Donald Trump addressed the US Justice Department on Friday and demanded accountability for those prosecutors and officials who led legal proceedings against him during the time he was out of power. The US Justice Department prosecutors had brought some of those cases. During his time out of office from 2021 to 2024, Trump faced…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Lithuanian national wanted by the US was arrested by Varkala police here on Tuesday on charges of financial fraud committed in the US. The arrest was made based on an Interpol red corner notice.Aleksej Besciokov (46), alleged co-founder of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the US govt in 2022, was on vacation…
Iran never plotted to kill Republican US President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an NBC News interview on Tuesday, denying past claims from Trump and the US government. In November, the US Justice Department charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps to…
US officials were pressing on Monday for information about Austin Tice and to secure the release of the American journalist captured in Syria 12 years ago. Washington’s hostage-affairs envoy Roger Carstens was in Beirut as part of intensive efforts to locate Tice, according to the State Department, while White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan…
US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said it reached an agreement on Tuesday with the Justice Department that will allow it to submit names for background checks and security clearances, needed for access to classified information. Trump’s team last week signed a separate agreement allowing direct coordination with federal agencies and access to documents, but…
Donald Trump is weighing to push for his controversial adviser Kash Patel, an Indian-origin former Republican House staffer, to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as a clear indication of his vow to fire the incumbent Director Christopher Wray before his 10-year term with the agency completes and replace him with one of his…