Federal investigators, alongside the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, are examining at least four trades in which investors collectively wagered more than $2.6 billion that oil prices would fall in the minutes or hours before public statements that sent markets lower.
America First Legal argues that Montgomery County Public Schools is improperly withholding information from parents regarding their children's gender identity, which they claim violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The organization is seeking an investigation into the district's policies and potential changes to ensure parental notification.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Donald Trump showed a classified map to individuals on his plane after his presidency, including his chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the investigation into the collision, with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
We write with deep concern regarding the Department of Homeland Security's investigation into whether cybersecurity staff provided false information to the former Acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The lawmakers said the development raises questions about whether officials adhered to established intelligence security rules and whether career CISA staff were improperly targeted after administering the exams.
Mr. Carvalho remains confident that the evidence will ultimately demonstrate that he acted appropriately and in the best interests of students. We hope the school board reinstates him promptly to his position as superintendent.
In a calm, thoughtful voice, he explained that though the equipment in his home lab was simple—including items such as a hot plate, scales and standard glassware found in a school science classroom—the experiment itself was more advanced. Fritz said the work focused on molecular structures used in pharmaceuticals and how they might be adapted to improve treatments for various diseases.
Bystander videos contradict the accounts of federal officials about the shooting of a man in Minneapolis on Saturday. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that 37-year-old Alex Pretti had approached DHS officers with a pistol and that he was killed after he resisted attempts to disarm him. But multiple videos show Pretti never drew a weapon and was filming with his phone at the time officers pepper sprayed him and grappled him to the ground.
The crackdown has come as some of the state's most prominent Democratic leaders - Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Ilhan Omar - have been critical of Trump. The latest: Federal agents were in Minneapolis on Monday conducting an investigation into child care and other purported fraud, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on X. Here's what you need to know...
As you are aware, the Trump administration is dedicated to protecting the civil rights of all Americans. At your office's direction, however, city officials have set out to smuggle racial equity into every layer of operations in city government,' Trainor wrote, quoting Boston's website on racial justice initiatives. Trainor said his office is investigating whether the city violated federal laws prohibiting discrimination in housing sales or rentals based on race, sex or national origin.
Since late January, leaders at liberal foundations and donor networks have been preparing for a legal assault by federal agencies. That moment finally arrived in September, when, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed federal prosecutors to investigate the Open Society Foundations on a range of possible criminal charges, reportedly on orders from the White House.
Williamson was charged with bank and tax fraud for allegedly siphoning campaign and COVID-19 recovery funds into her and an associate's pockets and claiming personal luxuries as business expenses on tax forms. According to the indictment, the campaign funds were drawn from a dormant state account of another top California Democrat: gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra.
OAKLAND - A high-ranking Oakland city official who said he provided federal investigators key evidence that led to criminal indictments against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao and others is leaving his role to take a leadership job in another East Bay city.
The DOJ says investigators linked Rinderknecht to the crime with video surveillance, witness statements, and cellphone records that placed him near the start of the fire. During a press briefing, Essayli said other evidence includes a ChatGPT prompt for what Essayli describes as a "dystopian painting showing in part a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it." Essayli claims Rinderknecht used ChatGPT to create the image "a few months before" the fire started.
A prominent Orange County philanthropist and well-connected jeweler is now accused of bilking wealthy investors out of millions of dollars and then fleeing the country, according to a series of civil lawsuits filed over the past few months in both state and federal court. Moti Ferder, the co-founder and until recently CEO of Newport Beach-based Lugano Diamonds, is alleged to have defrauded more than 40 creditors out of hundreds of millions of dollars, according to more than a half-dozen lawsuits filed by multiple investors.
And we are now learning that UC Berkeley folded like a lawn chair, with the Chronicle reporting that the school has handed the feds a list of 160 students, faculty and staff who allegedly had a potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism. The charges against these people are not detailed in any way, but the 160 people in question have been informed by the university that they're the ones who have been put on notice.
