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Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year
US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions
WASHINGTON — A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year in the case involving the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange being hacked in 2016 and the theft of almost 120,000 bitcoins.He laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with the help of his wife Heather Morgan, who used the alias Razzlekhan to promote her hip hop music.At the time of the theft, the bitcoin was worth around $70m (£55.3m), but had risen in value to more than $4.5bn by the time they were arrested. At today's prices they would be worth more than double that.The $3.6bn worth of assets recovered in the case was the biggest financial seizure in the Department of Justice's history, Deputy...
November 15, 2024

US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions

Tropical Storm Sara churns in the Caribbean Sea Thursday afternoon
Tropical Storm Sara closes in on Central America
WASHINGTON — Tropical Storm Sara is here and closing in on Central America where it will unleash disastrous flooding rain and mudslides in the region.Earlier forecasts from the National Hurricane Center told residents along the eastern Gulf of Mexico to monitor the storm for its potential to reach the US, but the center now believes the storm might not survive its trek through Central America and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.Sara, which formed Thursday afternoon as it closed in on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, is the 18th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. It’s a season that’s lived up to initial hyperactive forecasts and hasn’t played by the rules.Tropical activity should be winding down in November, but Sara is now the third named storm this month thanks to...
November 15, 2024

Tropical Storm Sara closes in on Central America

RFK Jr has been chosen by Donald Trump as his health secretary
Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be his health secretary
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans.Trump on Thursday announced the selection, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting, saying he was thrilled to share the pick.“The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country,” Trump said in a post on X. “Mr....
November 15, 2024

Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be his health secretary

The video shows a suspect driving what the FBI described as a 2003 to 2004 Volvo S-60 sedan
FBI offers $25,000 reward for information on ballot box fires in Washington and Oregon
WASHINGTON — The FBI is offering up to $25,000 in exchange for information about the suspect they believe set fire to several ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest during early voting last month.Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged across three fires reported at drop boxes in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon – both states where most people vote by mail or ballot drop off instead of in-person.The first incident occurred on October 8 in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland, when a ballot box was set on fire between 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. local time, the FBI said.Then, on October 28, “improvised incendiary devices” were placed on ballot drop boxes in Vancouver and Portland between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. local time, the FBI said.On Wednesday, the FBI...
November 14, 2024

FBI offers $25,000 reward for information on ballot box fires in Washington and Oregon

The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen before the State of the Union, Tuesday night, March 1, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington
Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump control of government
WASHINGTON — Republicans have won enough seats to control the US House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on US government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority.Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from the Democratic party.With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to upend the federal government and swiftly implement Trump’s vision for the country.The incoming president has promised to carry out the country’s largest ever deportation operation, extend tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the federal government’s...
November 14, 2024

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump control of government

Matt Gaetz
Trump's shocking choice to lead Justice Department sends a strong message
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s nomination of Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general arrived like a thunderclap in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon.Of all the president-elect’s picks for his administration so far, this is easily the most controversial - and sends a clear message that Trump intends to shake up the establishment when he returns to power.The firebrand Florida politician is perhaps best known for spearheading the effort to unseat then-Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy last year. But he has a consistent history of being a flamethrower in the staid halls of Congress.In 2018, he brought a right-wing Holocaust denier to the State of the Union, and later tried to expel two fathers who lost children in a mass shooting from a hearing after they objected...
November 14, 2024

Trump's shocking choice to lead Justice Department sends a strong message

Police stand guard outside the Brazilian Supreme Court following the attack
Brazil Supreme Court evacuated following blasts
SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court has been evacuated and a man has been found dead after two explosions were heard outside the building on Wednesday evening.The blasts hit the center of Brazil's capital, where the Supreme Court, parliament and presidential palace are all located.A spokesperson for the federal police told the AFP news agency a body had been discovered in front of the court. It is unclear how the man was connected with the blasts.The country's solicitor general, Jorge Messias, condemned what he said was a deliberate attack and vowed a full investigation into the blasts would be launched."I strongly condemn the attacks against the Supreme Court and the lower house," he said in a statement posted to X."We must know the motivation behind the...
November 14, 2024

Brazil Supreme Court evacuated following blasts

FBI headquarters building in Washington
FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s Iran attack plans 
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.Asif W. Rahman was indicted last Thursday for willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information, according to court documents. He was arrested Tuesday in Cambodia and will first appear in court in Guam, though the department has asked a federal judge to move him to Virginia to stand trial.Rahman was employed by the CIA, according to a person familiar with his employment. Court documents indicate he was employed by the US government.Rahman held a top secret security clearance and could access sensitive compartmentalized information.The New York...
November 14, 2024

FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s Iran attack plans 

Pete Hegseth
Trump names Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary pick
WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump has named Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, author and military veteran, as his pick for defense secretary.Hegseth, 44, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be responsible for the world's most powerful military in his first political role.Announcing his choice on Tuesday, Trump described him as "tough, smart and a true believer in America First".The news came on the same day Trump announced another political newcomer, billionaire Elon Musk, would take a government cost-cutting role.Trump's administration is taking shape after his win in last week's presidential election. Hegseth was one of a flurry of security appointments that also included Trump's pick of John Ratcliffe to head the Central Intelligence Agency...
November 13, 2024

Trump names Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary pick

Elon Musk embraces Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on October 5.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.“Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said in a statement.The announcement of Ramaswamy and particularly Musk, who leads companies with existing, lucrative government contracts, raises immediate questions about potential conflicts of interest. It is not immediately clear how the department – which Trump said would “provide advice and guidance from outside of Government” – would operate, and whether a Congress even fully...
November 13, 2024

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration

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