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DOJ may indict 94-year-old Raul Castro, because apparently Cuba policy needed a courtroom cannon pointed at history
Reuters says U.S. officials are preparing a possible indictment of Cuba's former president over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.
READ STORY ↗Prediction markets are drowning in suspicious trades, because apparently betting on reality came with cheat codes
Reuters says Kalshi and Polymarket have seen a surge in suspicious trading as prediction-market volumes and political scrutiny explode.
READ STORY ↗The FDA drug center got another acting boss, because apparently medicine regulation needed a spin cycle
Reuters says FDA drug-center acting head Tracy Beth Hoeg was fired after Commissioner Marty Makary was replaced, continuing a wider agency shake-up.
READ STORY ↗The feds may cut Colorado River deliveries by up to 40%, because apparently the Southwest budgeted water like vibes were a reservoir
Reuters says a federal Colorado River proposal could slash current supplies to Arizona, California and Nevada by up to 3 million acre-feet a year.
READ STORY ↗Consumers sued Amazon over tariff costs, because apparently illegal tariffs became a customer-service scavenger hunt
Reuters says a proposed class action accuses Amazon of keeping tariff-related price hikes after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs.
READ STORY ↗Xi warned Trump that Taiwan could get “dangerous,” while Trump called the summit maybe the biggest ever, because subtlety has left Beijing
Reuters and AP report Xi Jinping warned Donald Trump over Taiwan during a Beijing summit otherwise wrapped in ceremony, trade talk, CEOs and very large expectations.
READ STORY ↗A veterans group sued over the VA abortion ban, because apparently health-care policy got routed through the memo express lane
The Guardian reports Minority Veterans of America sued the Trump administration over VA restrictions on abortion services and counseling for veterans and dependents.
READ STORY ↗Shutterstock will pay $35 million after the FTC said canceling was a maze, because apparently stock photos came with a trap door
The FTC says Shutterstock agreed to pay $35 million over allegations that it used illegal subscription and cancellation practices.
READ STORY ↗DOJ told a court Trump can punish law firms through security clearances, because apparently national security is now a mood ring
Reuters reports a federal appeals court sounded skeptical as the Trump administration tried to revive executive orders targeting four major law firms.
READ STORY ↗The FTC reminded Big Tech it has 48 hours to remove nonconsensual intimate images, because apparently the internet needed a legal egg timer
The FTC says it sent letters to more than a dozen major technology companies warning them to comply with the Take It Down Act by May 19.
READ STORY ↗DOJ announced another $1 billion fraud crackdown, because apparently the fraud buffet has unlimited refills
The Justice Department says its new National Fraud Enforcement Division announced more than $1 billion in fraud enforcement actions for the second straight week.
READ STORY ↗Trump’s mail-voting order hit court, because apparently election administration needed a presidential remote control
Reuters says a federal judge heard Democrats’ bid to block Trump’s executive order tightening mail-ballot rules, including a federal citizen-voter list and Postal Servic…
READ STORY ↗DOJ told judges Trump security-clearance punishments are “unreviewable,” because apparently due process fell into a classified filing cabinet
Reuters says a federal appeals court sounded skeptical as the Trump administration tried to revive executive orders targeting major law firms and defended broad presiden…
READ STORY ↗The FTC says a home-repair outfit created thousands of fake local listings, because apparently your “nearby plumber” was a call-center mirage
The FTC and Illinois sued Premium Home Service, alleging the company used fake local business profiles, fake five-star reviews, and routed calls to representatives far f…
READ STORY ↗Press Gazette found crypto writers who may not exist, because apparently the future of finance journalism is a stock photo with coin opinions
Press Gazette reports four prolific finance and crypto writers with more than 1,000 articles across dozens of outlets have not verified their identities and used AI-gene…
READ STORY ↗DOJ sued D.C. bar disciplinary officials over Jeff Clark, because apparently the referee needed to be named as defendant
The Justice Department says it filed a complaint against D.C. bar disciplinary authorities to stop discipline tied to former DOJ lawyer Jeff Clark’s 2020 election conduc…
READ STORY ↗Trump brought Musk and Nvidia’s CEO to China on Air Force One, because apparently foreign policy now has a VIP vendor demo
AP and Reuters report Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other U.S. executives joined Trump’s China trip as the administration sought business wins, chip openings, …
READ STORY ↗DOJ is reportedly weighing a settlement in Trump's $10 billion IRS suit, because apparently the president needed a customer-service window inside his own government
CNN reports the Justice Department is discussing whether to settle President Trump's personal $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, including a possible term involving au…
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