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US Judge Rejects Boeing 737 MAX Accord Over Diversity Policies
A US judge rejected a criminal settlement with Boeing over the 737 MAX crashes on Thursday, slamming diversity policies at the aviation giant and the Justice Department that made him "skeptical" of a fair outcome.
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US Judge Dismisses 2020 Election Case Against Donald Trump
A judge on Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss the election subversion case against Donald Trump because of a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president.
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SpaceX Sued by US Justice Department Over Alleged Discrimination in Hiring
The US Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring. In job postings and public statements over several years, SpaceX wrongly claimed that under federal regulations known as export control laws, SpaceX could hire only US citizens an...
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U.S. Sues Uber Over Alleged Disability Discrimination
It alleges that the policy violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying blind people or users of wheelchairs or walkers need more than two minutes to get into an Uber car.
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Uber Sued by US Justice Department Over Alleged Disability Discrimination
The US Justice Department sued Uber over allegations of overcharging disabled passengers and asked a federal court to order compliance with an anti-discrimination law.
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SolarWinds Hackers Said to Have Stolen Sensitive US Data on Russia Sanctions, Intelligence Probes
Russian hackers suspected have used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into US federal agencies are said to have accessed information about US counter-intelligence investigations, policy on sanctioning Russian individuals and the country’s response to COVID-19.
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US Charges China-Based Zoom Executive for Disrupting Tiananmen Crackdown Commemorations
US prosecutors have charged a Zoom executive for disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government. Xinjiang Jin, 39, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of conspiring. Zoom said it fired Jin for violating company policies and has placed other employees on...
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Google Grilled on Ad Business Dominance by US Senate Panel
Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits.
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US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
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Charging Donald Trump With Crime Was "Not An Option": Robert Mueller
Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging US President Donald Trump with a crime of obstruction was not an option because of Justice Department policy.
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Trump Government Backs Suit Alleging Harvard Anti-Asian Admissions Policy
The US Justice Department accused Harvard University Thursday of discriminating against Asian applicants, ramping up the Trump administration's opposition to widespread policies seeking to manage racial balance among students.
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Trump's Request For Long-Term Detention Of Migrant Children Rejected
Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee dismissed as "dubious" and "unconvincing" the U.S. Justice Department's arguments to modify a 1997 settlement that says children can only be held in immigration detention for up to 20 days.
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US Seeks Court Guidance On Deadlines To Reunite Migrant Families
The US government is seeking guidance from a federal court over its efforts to reunite migrant parents and their children before court-imposed deadlines, after the administration separated the families for crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.
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Pakistani Pleads Guilty In Rare US Foreign Agent Case
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to charges that he failed to register as a foreign agent in connection with lobbying work he did for the Pakistani government in an effort to shape U.S. foreign policy, the Justice Department said on Monday.
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Trump Administration Drops Obama-Era Easing Of Marijuana Prosecutions
The US Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude to pursue criminal charges.
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US Judge Rejects Boeing 737 MAX Accord Over Diversity Policies
A US judge rejected a criminal settlement with Boeing over the 737 MAX crashes on Thursday, slamming diversity policies at the aviation giant and the Justice Department that made him "skeptical" of a fair outcome.
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US Judge Dismisses 2020 Election Case Against Donald Trump
A judge on Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss the election subversion case against Donald Trump because of a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president.
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SpaceX Sued by US Justice Department Over Alleged Discrimination in Hiring
The US Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring. In job postings and public statements over several years, SpaceX wrongly claimed that under federal regulations known as export control laws, SpaceX could hire only US citizens an...
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U.S. Sues Uber Over Alleged Disability Discrimination
It alleges that the policy violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying blind people or users of wheelchairs or walkers need more than two minutes to get into an Uber car.
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Uber Sued by US Justice Department Over Alleged Disability Discrimination
The US Justice Department sued Uber over allegations of overcharging disabled passengers and asked a federal court to order compliance with an anti-discrimination law.
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SolarWinds Hackers Said to Have Stolen Sensitive US Data on Russia Sanctions, Intelligence Probes
Russian hackers suspected have used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into US federal agencies are said to have accessed information about US counter-intelligence investigations, policy on sanctioning Russian individuals and the country’s response to COVID-19.
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US Charges China-Based Zoom Executive for Disrupting Tiananmen Crackdown Commemorations
US prosecutors have charged a Zoom executive for disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government. Xinjiang Jin, 39, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of conspiring. Zoom said it fired Jin for violating company policies and has placed other employees on...
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Google Grilled on Ad Business Dominance by US Senate Panel
Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits.
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US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
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Charging Donald Trump With Crime Was "Not An Option": Robert Mueller
Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging US President Donald Trump with a crime of obstruction was not an option because of Justice Department policy.
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Trump Government Backs Suit Alleging Harvard Anti-Asian Admissions Policy
The US Justice Department accused Harvard University Thursday of discriminating against Asian applicants, ramping up the Trump administration's opposition to widespread policies seeking to manage racial balance among students.
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Trump's Request For Long-Term Detention Of Migrant Children Rejected
Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee dismissed as "dubious" and "unconvincing" the U.S. Justice Department's arguments to modify a 1997 settlement that says children can only be held in immigration detention for up to 20 days.
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US Seeks Court Guidance On Deadlines To Reunite Migrant Families
The US government is seeking guidance from a federal court over its efforts to reunite migrant parents and their children before court-imposed deadlines, after the administration separated the families for crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.
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Pakistani Pleads Guilty In Rare US Foreign Agent Case
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to charges that he failed to register as a foreign agent in connection with lobbying work he did for the Pakistani government in an effort to shape U.S. foreign policy, the Justice Department said on Monday.
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Trump Administration Drops Obama-Era Easing Of Marijuana Prosecutions
The US Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude to pursue criminal charges.
