Investigation

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• I Democratici del Congresso hanno avviato un'indagine formale per accertare se i condoni concessi dal Presidente Trump siano stati guidati da cosiddetti schemi di "pay-to-play", che coinvolgerebbero contributi finanziari o altre forme di compensazione. • Il deputato Democratico Dave Min della California è uno dei tre legislatori che guidano l'inchiesta sulle sospette circostanze che circondano selezionati condoni presidenziali. • L'indagine riflette le preoccupazioni dei Democratici riguardo a potenziali fenomeni di corruzione o accordi di quid pro quo che avrebbero influenzato l'uso dei poteri di grazia presidenziale da parte dell'amministrazione Trump.

• L'Attorney statunitense Jeanine Pirro ha annunciato accuse contro 11 imputati per una cospirazione di traffico di droga transnazionale riguardante la distribuzione di metanfetamine, secondo un briefing stampa del 7 maggio 2026. • Le forze dell'ordine hanno arrestato sette imputati della East Coast ed eseguito 25 mandati di perquisizione in sei distretti giudiziari, tra cui DC, Baltimore, Alexandria, Philadelphia, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Albany e Miami. • L'operazione rappresenta una significativa azione di contrasto federale che combina indagini anticorruzione con accuse di traffico di droga contro figure politiche di alto livello, secondo l'atto di accusa composto da cinque capi d'imputazione.

Broadcaster’s lawyers say NSW police should reveal which officers accessed or downloaded material from Jones’s phoneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice stand accused of engaging in impropriety when raiding the home of former shock jock Alan Jones during a sexual assault investigation.Officers searched the 85-year-old’s Sydney home in November 2024 after an eight-month investigation into reports of historical sexual abuse. Continue reading...

• A CNN investigation based on satellite imagery and damage assessments found that Iranian strikes damaged at least 16 U.S. military installations across eight Middle Eastern countries during the conflict. • Some U.S. military facilities suffered extensive harm classified as operationally unusable or facing difficult repair decisions, suggesting the scale of attacks was far greater than publicly acknowledged. • The report raises questions about whether the Pentagon has understated both physical damage and the true financial costs of the Iran war, challenging official public accounting of the conflict.

Sloths were set to be displayed at controversial new theme park but report revealed mammals died in warehouseProsecutors in Florida said Friday they have launched a criminal investigation into the deaths of dozens of sloths from South America that were set to be displayed at a controversial new theme park.A Florida fish and wildlife commission (FWC) report revealed last week that 31 mammals taken from rainforests in Peru and Guyana by the owners of Sloth World, a forthcoming tourist attraction in Orlando, perished in an unheated warehouse between December 2024 and February 2025. Continue reading...

Company accepts it failed to prevent bribery in public sector contracts in Algeria and Oman, sought through use of agentsThe British defence company Ultra Electronics has accepted responsibility for failure to prevent bribery and agreed to pay £15m after an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.The penalties are part of a deferred prosecution approved by the high court on Friday, after an investigation opened in 2018, when the company referred itself to the UK law enforcement agency a month after corruption allegations were published by Algerian media. Continue reading...