US justice department files criminal charges over thwarted Iran plot to kill Donald Trump

U.S. Charges Iranian Revolutionary Guards Official in Assassination Plot

The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, had already led to murder-for-hire charges against members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

'Cult' members jailed over coroner kidnap plot

An "anti-establishment cult" entered a courtroom having conspired to kidnap a coroner.

Defence group RTX to pay $950mn to resolve US charges over Qatar bribes

Prosecutors said the company paid $30mn to a cousin of the Qatari Emir to facilitate weapons sales

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Trump reportedly tells Putin to not escalate war in Ukraine; Rick Scott emerges as front-runner for Senate leader role – live

Trump told Russian president to not escalate war with Ukraine, Washington Post reports; multiple conservatives endorse the Florida senator as the next leader. Sweep of swing states rubs salt in ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

What will happen to Trump’s criminal cases if he wins?

Historic indictments against the former president will be derailed — or disappear entirely — if he returns to the White House

Business - Financial Times - November 4

Trump’s victory likely means curtains for criminal prosecutions

Former President Trump a year ago was staring down four potential criminal trials on 91 charges and decades in prison. Trump staked his defense on winning back the White House, a strategy that has ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

WATCH: The future of Trump’s criminal cases, civil judgments

ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire looks at the uncertainty surrounding legal cases involving the president-elect.

Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents

Modi government agents alleged to have collaborated with syndicate run by mob boss Lawrence Bishnoi. Canadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Biden calls killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar a moment of justice

President Biden on Friday in Berlin addressed U.S. allies on Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, calling it a moment of justice and urging a path to peace. CBS News White House reporter ...

Middle East latest: Trump, Harris address Israeli airstrikes on Iran amid US presidential campaigns

Israel has unleashed predawn airstrikes against military sites in Iran

World - ABC News - October 26

Middle East crisis live: France sees ‘window’ to end wars in Gaza and Lebanon after Trump victory

France’s foreign minister cites Donald Trump’s desire to see end of ‘Middle East’s endless wars’. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said the presidential election result in the US is a ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Treasury Department now using AI to save taxpayers billions

The latest benefit from the artificial intelligence revolution: saving American taxpayers billions of dollars.

Treasury Department uses AI to recover $1 billion in fraud

The Treasury Department is taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent or recover check fraud and stopped more than $1 billion in fraudulent payments over the past year, the agency ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

A group of 2,000 migrants in southern Mexico depart for the US weeks before election

A group of about 2,000 migrants has left Mexico’s southern border hoping to reach the country’s north and ultimately the United States

World - ABC News - October 20

Mom killed by nerve agent was caught in global murder plot, court told

Dawn Sturgess died in 2018 after spraying herself with what she thought was perfume from a discarded bottle containing the deadly chemical weapon.

How an English extremist with a Hitler tattoo hid in plain sight – and plotted to kill

Callum Parslow’s extreme beliefs were known to police when he stabbed an Eritrean man, but what lay behind his journey from bedroom fanaticism to attempted murder. When neo-Nazi terrorist Callum ...

World - The Guardian - October 27

Man convicted in 9/11-style plot to kill Americans

A man accused of being a Somalian terror group operative has been convicted of a 9/11-style plot to kill Americans, the Justice Department said Monday. The Justice Department said in a press ...

Politics - The Hill - November 5

Rep. Moskowitz says man arrested for plotting to kill him

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) said Friday in a post on social platform X that the Margate Police Department, which is in his district, informed him the day before the election about "a potential ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Elon Musk Plots His Final Moves for Trump

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the richest person in the world is throwing himself into the effort to elect the former president.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

State Department addresses U.S. warning to Israel over Gaza aid

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote a letter to Israeli officials warning that humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza must increase or the U.S. ally could risk ...

Trump says he’ll put ex-NFL player in charge of US missile shield

Former President Trump told supporters Sunday that he wants to put former NFL player and failed GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker in charge of a new missile defense shield if elected. Walker, a ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Cyber criminals increasingly helping Russia and China target the US, Microsoft says

Russia, China and Iran are expanding their partnerships with cyber criminals to conduct cyberespionage and cyberattacks against the U.S. and other nations, according to a new report from Microsoft

Tech - ABC News - October 15

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