Judge to decide fate of man who sent pipe bombs to Dems, CNN

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are calling for a life prison sentence for a Florida amateur body builder who sent pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN. His lawyers say a decade in prison is enough. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff is scheduled Monday to decide how long Cesar Sayoc will spend behind bars. The... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

July 31, 2019

Judge overturns 2006 terror conviction of California man

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday overturned the 2006 conviction of a California man accused of plotting an attack in the United States after attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. Federal prosecutors were reviewing the decision and did not immediately say whether they will seek to retry Hamid Hayat, a cherry... Read More

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Hamid Hayat

July 22, 2019

US citizen charged with training Islamic State group members

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. citizen from Kazakhstan facing terrorism charges after he became a sniper and weapons trainer for the Islamic State group once boasted that he supports “the worst terrorist organization in the world,” authorities said as they announced his arrest Friday. Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 42, was transferred to FBI custody Wednesday... Read More

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July 19, 2019

Ex-NSA contractor to be sentenced in stolen documents case

BALTIMORE (AP) — A former National Security Agency contractor awaits sentencing in Baltimore’s federal court for storing two decades’ worth of classified documents at his Maryland home. Harold Martin’s plea agreement calls for a nine-year prison sentence, but U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett isn’t bound by the deal’s terms when he sentences Martin on Friday.... Read More

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Harold Martin

July 12, 2019

Trump administration plans immigration enforcement operation

CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration is moving forward with a nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting migrant families, despite loud opposition from Democrats and questions over whether it’s the best use of resources given the crisis at the border. The operation could happen as soon as this weekend after being postponed by President Donald Trump... Read More

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Immigration

July 11, 2019

Trump plans new move to force citizenship question on census

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce new executive action Thursday to try to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census, even after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the effort. Trump tweeted Thursday morning that he would be holding a news conference on the subject. A senior administration... Read More

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Census

July 9, 2019

Barr sees a legal way to ask about citizenship on census

EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Monday he sees a way to legally require 2020 census respondents to declare whether or not they are citizens, despite a Supreme Court ruling that forbade asking the question. In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said the Trump administration will take action in the... Read More

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William Barr

July 8, 2019

Mystery of NSA leak lingers as stolen document case winds up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents descended on the suburban Maryland house with the flash and bang of a stun grenade, blocked off the street and spent hours questioning the homeowner about a theft of government documents that prosecutors would later describe as “breathtaking” in its scale. The suspect, Harold Martin, was a contractor for the... Read More

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Harold Martin

July 8, 2019

Justice Department shaking up legal team on census case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is shaking up the legal team fighting for the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census but offered no specifics on why the change was being made. The change announced Sunday comes days after the department vowed to continue to try to find a legal path forward... Read More

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Census

June 27, 2019

Prosecutors to respond in Boston Marathon bomber’s appeal

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors are expected to file their response in Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) death penalty appeal. The government’s response is due Thursday in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which will decide whether to uphold Tsarnaev’s 2015 conviction and death sentence. Tsarnaev’s lawyers said in a brief filed in... Read More

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

June 27, 2019

Doctors, lawyers portray dire conditions for child migrants

CLINT, Texas (AP) — Immigrant advocates are asking a federal judge to immediately require inspections and let doctors into border detention facilities where they say sleep-deprived, flu-stricken children are languishing in filthy conditions. Doctors and lawyers who visited the facilities in recent weeks outlined several damning examples in a court filing late Wednesday that puts... Read More

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June 26, 2019

Texas man who threatened Trump from prison gets 37 months

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Texas man who threatened President Donald Trump from a Louisiana prison has been sentenced to just over three years in federal prison. Buddy Keith Myers, 24, of Simms, Texas, was sentenced Monday for threatening the president, prosecutors said Tuesday. He’d faced up to five years in prison and a... Read More

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Buddy Keith Myers

June 26, 2019

American who helped Islamic State asks for leniency

NEW YORK (AP) — An American woman who admitted to participating in the online recruitment of Islamic State fighters is seeking leniency in her terrorism case over the objections of prosecutors who say she double-crossed them. Defense attorneys for Sinmyah Amera Caesar, who once used the nom de guerre “Umm Nutella,” argued at a sentencing... Read More

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Sinmyah Amera Caesar

June 21, 2019

Ex-police officer to be resentenced on terrorism charge

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former police officer convicted in a sting operation of trying to help the Islamic State group by purchasing $200 in gift cards for them is scheduled to be resentenced. Nicholas Young of Fairfax, Virginia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison last year for obstruction of justice and attempting to... Read More

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Nicholas Young

Judge to decide fate of man who sent pipe bombs to Dems, CNN

Judge overturns 2006 terror conviction of California man

US citizen charged with training Islamic State group members

Ex-NSA contractor to be sentenced in stolen documents case

Trump administration plans immigration enforcement operation

Trump plans new move to force citizenship question on census

Barr sees a legal way to ask about citizenship on census

Mystery of NSA leak lingers as stolen document case winds up

Justice Department shaking up legal team on census case

Prosecutors to respond in Boston Marathon bomber’s appeal

Doctors, lawyers portray dire conditions for child migrants

Texas man who threatened Trump from prison gets 37 months

American who helped Islamic State asks for leniency

Ex-police officer to be resentenced on terrorism charge

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