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July 22, 2020

Trump, Lightfoot speak over phone as Chicago mayor says president 'got the message' on federal crime response

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she spoke with President Trump over the phone Wednesday over his intention to deploy a "surge" of federal agents to the city, which has been plagued by increases in violent crimes. 

July 22, 2020

LeGend Taliferro: FBI offers $25G reward for info on young Kansas City boy's murder

The FBI is offering a $25,000 in connection with the shooting death of a Missouri 4-year-old who was shot to death in his sleep last month.

July 22, 2020

Trump to 'surge' federal agents to Chicago, other cities, amid spike in violent crime

President Trump announced on Wednesday that he is deploying 100 federal agents to Chicago to help combat rising crime rates – a move that marks an expansion of the White House’s intervention into local law enforcement as Trump continues to position himself as the “law and order” president.

July 22, 2020

Oregon Democrats formally request investigations into DHS, DOJ response to Portland riots

Oregon’s congressional delegation on Wednesday formally requested an investigation into the response by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Justice Department to the riots in Portland -- after DHS pledged not to back down.

July 21, 2020

Georgia Gov. Kemp signs new law to strip human traffickers of commercial driver's licenses for life

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a batch of new laws Tuesday aimed at bolstering foster care and battling human trafficking in the Peach State, including a bill that will ban traffickers from driving commercial vehicles for life.

July 21, 2020

Republican senators introduce bill to crack down on gangs like MS-13

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill Tuesday to make it easier to qualify for advanced sentencing due to gang activity and create a federal database of gang activity within the Department of Justice (DOJ). 

July 20, 2020

Mayors of Portland, Chicago, Atlanta, other big cities demand 'federal forces' withdraw

Several big-city mayors that have seen upticks in violent crime and escalating clashes between police and protesters are demanding federal agents be withdrawn from their cities -- and any plans for more federal deployments be halted.

July 20, 2020

What does the first-ever terrorism charge against MS-13 member really mean?

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its very first terrorist charge against a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, better known as MS-13. After unsealing the indictment in Virginia against Melgar Diaz, Attorney General William Barr depicted him as the individual who “would green light assassinations” at the gang’s behest in the United States.

July 18, 2020

US lawsuits claim Kuwaiti officials embezzled over $100M

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a series of lawsuits seeking to recover at least $104 million in funds allegedly embezzled by former officials in Kuwait's Ministry of Defense.

July 16, 2020

California man charged in $8.5M coronavirus PPP loan fraud allegedly spent cash on stock market, in casino

A Los Angeles man allegedly scammed a federal program aimed at helping small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic for millions of dollars – much of which he blew through risky investments and at a Las Vegas casino, prosecutors said Thursday.