WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in the latest Trump administration push for more federal executions. Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, is among a group of radical computer scientists focused on veganism, gender identity …
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Justice Department fires employee accused of throwing Subway sandwich at federal officer
A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Washington, D.C., was an employee of the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday. “I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony,” Bondi said …
Read More »Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Charges Five Senior Leaders of the United Cartels, a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
Today the Justice Department announced criminal charges against five high-ranking members of the United Cartels. Those charged are Juan Jose Farias Alvarez (“El Abuelo); Alfonso Fernandez Magallon (“Poncho”); Luis Enrique Barragan Chavez (“Wicho / R5”); Edgar Orozco Cabadas (“El Kamoni”); and Nicolas Sierra Santana (“El Gordo”). “Today’s charges are designed to dismantle the United Cartels and bring their leaders to …
Read More »Alleged DC sandwich-thrower worked at justice department, attorney general says | Washington DC
The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Thursday that the man facing a felony assault charge for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington DC worked at the Department of Justice. In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since …
Read More »High Risk For West Nile Virus After 3 Cases Reported In Chicago, Health Department Says
CHICAGO — The local health department has elevated the risk of contracting West Nile virus to “high” after the city recently recorded three cases of the virus, Chicago’s first human cases this year. The three patients are between 40 and 80 years old, live on the Northwest or South sides and all contracted symptoms in late July or early August, …
Read More »Energy Department Announces Actions to Secure American Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chain
Proposed funding will accelerate the growth of the U.S. critical minerals and materials sector. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its intent to issue notices of funding opportunities (NOFO) totaling nearly $1 billion to advance and scale mining, processing, and manufacturing technologies across key stages of the critical minerals and materials supply chains. The funding announcements, issued in …
Read More »The Nuke Race Is On. Energy Department Taps 10 Start-Ups to Build a Reactor By Mid-2026. – Barron's
The Nuke Race Is On. Energy Department Taps 10 Start-Ups to Build a Reactor By Mid-2026. Barron’s US selects 11 projects for program to fast-track small nuclear test reactors Reuters Oklo Selected for Three Projects Under U.S. Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program Oklo Inc. Department of Energy Announces Initial Selections for New Reactor Pilot Program Department of Energy (.gov) As Oklo Scores New …
Read More »U.S. national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports
The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers. The $37 trillion update is found in the latest Treasury Department report issued Tuesday which logs the nation’s daily finances. The national debt eclipsed $37 trillion years sooner than pre-pandemic projections. The …
Read More »Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Finds George Washington University Deliberately Indifferent to Antisemitic Discrimination
Today, the Department of Justice finds George Washington University (GWU) in violation of federal civil rights law by acting deliberately indifferent to the hostile educational environment for Jewish, American-Israeli, and Israeli students and faculty. The Civil Rights Division’s investigation was conducted pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination, harassment, and abuse based on …
Read More »Department of Energy Announces Initial Selections for New Reactor Pilot Program
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today officially kicked off President Trump’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, announcing DOE will initially work with 11 advanced reactor projects to move their technologies towards deployment. DOE will work with industry on these 11 projects, with the goal to construct, operate, and achieve criticality of at least three test reactors using the DOE …
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