Sunday, July 5, 2026

District of Columbia

July 1, 2026

EagleBank to pay $10 million over violations of Bank Secrecy Act

EagleBank entered into a non-prosecution agreement on Tuesday and agreed to pay $9.7 million to resolve the Justice Department’s investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.

EagleBank
May 5, 2026

Judge apologises to Trump’s would-be assassin Cole Allen over police handcuffs

The judge was dissatisfied with the treatment of Mr Allen in detention and unconvinced by the prosecutors’ argument to place the defendant on suicide watch.

Cole Allen rushing through security checkpoint
March 21, 2026

Judge reverses Pentagon restrictions on press coverage 

The Pentagon disagreed with the ruling and announced plans to appeal the decision.

New York Times
September 3, 2025

Google ordered to share search data with rival companies in antitrust case

The legal battle began in 2020 when the Department of Justice and a group of states filed a lawsuit against Google.

Google Hq
August 15, 2025

D.C sues Trump over federal takeover of police

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order placing the D.C Police Department under the control of the federal government.

Donald Trump
August 15, 2024

U.S. appeals court compounds Tinubu’s woes, authorises Chinese investors to proceed towards seizing Nigeria’s assets abroad

An appellate court in the United States has rejected Nigeria’s sovereign immunity and authorised a Chinese consortium to proceed with its efforts to confiscate Nigeria’s assets abroad,

Joe Biden, Bola Tinubu and Xi Jinping composite
February 2, 2024

Kenyan citizen faces decades in U.S. jail for investment scam

He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 16, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each of the conspiracy and wire fraud counts.

U.S. PRISON; KENYAN FLAG
January 23, 2024

U.S. finalises Abacha loot lawsuit with Atiku Bagudu; to transfer $30 million to Tinubu’s shady budget minister

The Deutsche Bank-domiciled assets of Doraville Properties, run by the Bagudus in the British island of Jersey, have been identified as stolen from the Nigerian treasury.

Atiku Bagudu, Antony Blinken and Bola Tinubu
December 6, 2023

FBI announces death of Lee Andrew Edwards, Bola Tinubu’s consigliere in Chicago drug ring

The announcement followed the government’s efforts to conceal information relating to the Nigerian president’s involvement in an expansive drug business and other cimes in Chicago.

August 17, 2023

Canadian-French jailed 262 months for sending Trump poison while U.S. president

Earlier this year, Ms Ferrier pleaded guilty to prohibitions with respect to biological weapons in two separate criminal cases.

Donald Trump