#Federal judge blocks .8B merger of Spirit, JetBlue

#Federal judge blocks $3.8B merger of Spirit, JetBlue

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways’ proposed $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines, arguing it would reduce competition and hurt consumers. In a court filing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Young said the acquisition, which would have made JetBlue the fifth-largest airline, would “substantially lessen competition” in violation of the Clayton Act, which…

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#New Hampshire man indicted after allegedly threatening to kill three presidential candidates

#New Hampshire man indicted after allegedly threatening to kill three presidential candidates

A New Hampshire man was indicted for allegedly sending text messages in which he threatened to kill three presidential candidates, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Thirty-year-old Tyler Anderson was charged with three counts of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another. Anderson sent a string of threatening messages…

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#5 takeaways from the latest indictment of Hunter Biden

#5 takeaways from the latest indictment of Hunter Biden

A new indictment of Hunter Biden became public on Thursday evening. President Biden’s son faces a total of nine charges — three felonies and six misdemeanors — in relation to tax evasion and other tax-related matters. Biden already faces gun charges, relating to allegedly lying about his use of illegal drugs in the process of…

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#Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba

#Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba

A former U.S. diplomat is accused of conducting a more than 40-year secretive campaign to spy on behalf of the Cuban government. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday it was charging Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, of working as a covert agent with Cuba’s General Directorate of Intelligence since at least 1981 — the year he…

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#Former IRS contractor pleads guilty on Trump leaked tax returns

#Former IRS contractor pleads guilty on Trump leaked tax returns

A former IRS contractor pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of leaking tax information about former President Trump and others to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. Charles Littlejohn, 38, was charged by the Justice Department last month for disclosing tax return information on “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals” to a news organization as well as passing…

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#El Chapo’s son extradited to the US for drug trafficking charges

#El Chapo’s son extradited to the US for drug trafficking charges

The son of infamous Mexican cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was extradited to the U.S. on Friday to face drug trafficking charges, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. Ovidio Guzmán López faces charges of drug trafficking, money laundering and other violent crimes. He was arrested by Mexican authorities in January and indicted on U.S. charges…

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#Judge dismisses Hunter Biden misdemeanor tax charges

#Judge dismisses Hunter Biden misdemeanor tax charges

The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s case in Delaware dismissed two misdemeanor tax charges against him in a filing Thursday. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika dismissed the charges after David Weiss, the federal prosecutor leading the case against Biden, moved to dismiss them last week in order to bring charges in Washington, D.C., or California….

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