The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against two brothers who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for allegedly stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrencies in about 12 seconds. The Justice Department said the brothers – James Peraire-Bueno and Anton Peraire-Bueno – plotted the “first of its kind” crypto fraud involving the Ethereum blockchain…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that there were tensions with historic ally the United States over the military offensive in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but insisted that the operation was necessary to protect Israeli security. “Yes, we disagree about Gaza. More about Rafah. But we have to do what we have to do,”…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China this week is the latest sign of deepening strategic ties between the two sides. Putin will make a two-day state visit to China starting Thursday at Xi’s invitation, it was said on Tuesday. This will be the Russian leader’s first foreign trip since…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 28, 2023 Almond Ngan | AFP | Getty Images TThe top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee demanded oil executives disclose whether former President Donald Trump proposed a “quid pro quo” agreement to them at…
U.S. President Joe Biden meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration announced tough new tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese imports on Tuesday. The White House said the tariff increases were necessary to protect American industry…
Senator Robert Menendez arrives at the federal courthouse in Manhattan, New York City on May 13, 2024. Fatih files | Anadolu | Getty Images A judge warned lawyers Monday not to play legal games shortly after they were called in to begin the federal corruption trial of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. “There has been too…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 30, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed harsh words to Israel. He criticized its operations in the Gaza Strip and…
Omar Marques | Light rocket | Getty Images Truth Social Ownership Trump media The company hired a new auditor over the weekend after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused its previous accounting firm of committing a massive fraud, according to a regulatory filing Monday. Trump Media said it hired Semple, Marchal & Cooper LLP…
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler declined Tuesday to comment on speculation about whether Trump Media was a financing vehicle for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “I’m not going to talk about a single company,” Gensler said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” responding to a question about whether Trump Media was simply a…
Enlarge symbolArrows point outwards Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, Russian citizen and one of the leaders of LockBit. Courtesy: U.S. Department of the Treasury Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced criminal charges against a Russian citizen, Dmitri Yuryevich Khoroshev, for allegedly founding, developing and managing the ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit. At the same time, the US State Department offered…
