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Michigan appeals court finds terrorism threat law unconstitutional, tosses Wayne Co. case
Michigan’s law about making a terroristic threat or a false threat of terrorism has been found by a three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel to be unconstitutional. Judges Michael Kelly, Mark Boonstra and Allie Greenleaf Maldonado wrote that the Michigan law violates the First Amendment because it does not account for a person’s state of…
Read MoreState Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
The Trump administration plans to designate more than a half-dozen criminal groups with roots in Latin America as foreign terrorist organizations, said five U.S. officials with knowledge of the imminent action. The move, to be carried out by the State Department, follows an executive order President Trump signed on Jan. 20 calling for a crackdown…
Read MoreBiden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners
President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. Senior U.S. administration officials, who previewed the announcement on the condition of anonymity,…
Read MoreHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreThe FBI And DHS Leaders Won’t Testify Publicly About National Security Threats Before The Senate
The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate committee hearing Thursday on global threats to national security, a break from standard protocol of open testimony before the panel. “Their choice to not provide public testimony about their departments’ efforts to address wide-ranging national security…
Read MoreTreasury Targets Syrian Conglomerate Funding Qods Force and Houthis
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 26 companies, individuals, and vessels associated with the Al-Qatirji Company, a Syrian conglomerate responsible for generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Houthis through the sale of Iranian oil to Syria…
Read MoreSupreme Court Will Hear A Challenge To Ghost-Gun Regulation
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge Tuesday to a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons with an exponentially increased link to crime in recent years. The rule is focused on gun kits that are sold online and can be assembled into a functioning weapon in less than 30 minutes. The finished…
Read MoreDHS report warns violent extremists pose threat to election workers and voting process
Domestic violent extremists will pose “the most significant physical threat to government officials, voters, and elections-related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places, ballot drop box locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices, and vote counting sites,” according to a Department of Homeland Security assessment released on Tuesday. DHS believes that extremists will be…
Read MoreSecret Service Failures Before Trump Rally Shooting Were ‘Preventable,’ Senate Panel Finds
Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day,” according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal investigation and an ongoing bipartisan House…
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