Office of Public Affairs | Two Defendants Employed at L.A.-Area Homeless Nonprofits Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging Misuse of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
Law enforcement today arrested two defendants, out of three total, who have been charged in separate federal homelessness corruption and fraud cases, including a founder of a Culver City, California,-based…
Office of Public Affairs | Department of Justice Again Wins Substantial Relief Against Google
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won substantial relief in its monopolization case against Google in advertising technology markets. In United States et al. v. Google LLC, the U.S. District Court…
Office of Public Affairs | Arizona Addiction Treatment Clinic Owner Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Leadership Role in $69M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
A Phoenix woman was sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection with her role in fraudulently billing Arizona’s Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year…
Overseas Markets Mixed After Fed Rate Hike
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 17, 2026 (STL.News) Overseas Markets – Overseas stock markets delivered a mixed performance Thursday as investors worldwide digested the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate increase in…
U.S. Stock Market Today, September 16th
NEW YORK – September 16, 2026 (STL.News) Stock Market Today – U.S. stocks finished lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in more than…
Office of Public Affairs | Liability for Unregistered Foreign Agents
The Department of Justice would like to remind the public of federal laws that require individuals to register as foreign agents when they act in the United States at the…
Mortgage Rates Surge Above 7% as Yields Soar
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 16, 2026 (STL.News) American homebuyers face another major affordability setback as mortgage rates climb back to about 7%, driven by a sharp rise in U.S.…
Overseas Markets Mixed as Oil and Yields Bite
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 16, 2026 (STL.News) Overseas Markets – Overseas financial markets traded cautiously overnight and into Wednesday morning as investors confronted an increasingly difficult combination of oil…
U.S. Confirms Weapons Are Now Deployed in Space
WASHINGTON, DC – September 15, 2026 (STL.News) The United States has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has weapons deployed in Earth orbit, marking a major shift in…
Office of Public Affairs | Maduro Regime Ally Alex Saab Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Scheme Involving Bribery and Public Contracts for Food and Medicine
Alex Nain Saab Moran, 54, of Caracas, Venezuela, and formerly of Baranquilla, Colombia, a former Minister of Industry in the regime of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, pleaded guilty today…