The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states settled with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch over allegations of price-fixing, resulting in $3.3 million in payments and 53 million eggs donated to food banks.
The Trump administration's new mandatory detention policy for immigrants is facing significant legal challenges, with a divided appellate court system and numerous lawsuits straining the judiciary. The policy reinterprets immigration law to subject individuals apprehended anywhere in the country to detention without bond, a departure from previous administrations' interpretations.
The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to approve its expansion of mandatory ICE detention, a policy adopted on July 8, 2025, that federal district courts have largely rejected. The policy targets long-term U.S. residents for detention without bond hearings during deportation proceedings, a move challenged as a constitutional due process violation.
The DEA has requested an internal investigation into claims that its agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills onto New Mexico streets. The move follows an AP report detailing a strategy of monitoring major drug shipments to build bigger cases, a practice criticized as a gamble with public safety.
The U.S. Justice Department seized a cloud computing account used by Cambodia's Huione Group, described as a major criminal marketplace, for hosting infrastructure supporting crypto fraud and cyber scams. FinCEN also extended its ban to a successor entity, H-Pay Service PLC, to prevent evasion of U.S. financial restrictions.
Russia vows "active support" for Cuba as the U.S. intensifies economic pressure and brings charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro. Moscow cited "gross interference" and "brutal economic pressure" by Washington.
