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U.S. Justice Department to end Trump-era program targeting threats posed by China

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday will end a program focused on fighting Chinese espionage and intellectual property theft, shifting from what an official called a “myopic” focus to address threats from a broader array of hostile nations. Critics have said the initiative, put in place during former President …

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Three men plead guilty to planning U.S. power grid attack, driven by white supremacy

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Kanishka Singh and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) – Three men pleaded guilty on Wednesday for their roles in conspiring to attack U.S. power grids, as part of a plot motivated by white supremacy to sow civil unrest and economic distress, the U.S. Justice Department said. Christopher Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Frost, 24, …

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U.S. judge bans Martin Shkreli from running public companies

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday permanently barred former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli from serving as an officer or director of publicly traded companies, and ordered him to pay a $1.39 million fine for violating securities law between 2009 and 2014. U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in Brooklyn issued …

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U.S. Supreme Court mulls Republican bid to defend Trump immigration rule

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday struggled over whether to let Republican state officials defend an immigration rule crafted by former President Donald Trump’s administration to bar permanent residency for immigrants deemed likely to need government benefits. The justices heard oral arguments in an appeal by 13 Republican state attorneys …

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Biden puts sanctions on Russian banks and elites as he says Ukraine invasion has begun

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Daphne Psaledakis and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States was imposing a first tranche of sanctions against Russia for launching an invasion of Ukraine and promised that more would come if there are further incursions. Biden, speaking to reporters at the White House, …

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Soccer-USWNT players and U.S. Soccer settle equal pay dispute

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

(Reuters) -The U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) and governing body U.S. Soccer said on Tuesday they have agreed to resolve a years-long dispute over equal pay on what the players described as a landmark day for the sport. The settlement will see $22 million distributed in a manner proposed by the players and approved …

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Judge signals Trump may be unable to countersue Jean Carroll in defamation case

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge signaled on Tuesday he may not let Donald Trump countersue E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused the former president of raping her in the mid-1990s and is suing him for defamation. At a hearing in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan suggested it might …

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‘Rest in power:’ Arbery’s killers guilty on all federal hate-crimes charges

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Rich McKay BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) -The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in their suburban Georgia community, were found guilty on Tuesday of committing federal hate crimes and other offenses in the 2020 killing. A predominantly white jury deliberated for …

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Minneapolis officers ignored training, lacked ‘decency’ in Floyd arrest, jury hears

23 Feb 2022 23 Feb 2022

By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) -A federal prosecutor told a jury in closing arguments on Tuesday that three former Minneapolis police officers ignored their training and basic human decency by failing to intervene when their colleague knelt on George Floyd’s neck during a deadly arrest. Tou Thao, 36; J. Alexander Kueng, 28; and …

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Ahmaud Arbery’s family fought for a trial that made racism central to his murder

22 Feb 2022 22 Feb 2022

By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – For months, local prosecutors took no action after three white men jumped in their trucks and chased Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black jogger, through their Georgia neighborhood before shooting him to death. It was only after a video of Arbery’s final moments on Feb. 23, 2020 surfaced in May of …

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