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☆ DOJ charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' with $48 million tax fraud, seeks extradition
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

(Photo by Danny Lee/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)The Justice Department unveiled criminal tax fraud charges this week against a prolific bitcoin investor named Roger Ver. He came to be known as "Bitcoin Jesus," for getting in early on the digital currency and making a fortune. The DOJ alleges that in preparing those tax filings, Ver underrepresented his bitcoin holdings and evaded taxes on them. The United States is seeking his extradition to face trial on eight counts related to tax evasion, mail fraud and filing false tax returns. According to the indictment, the IRS used a strategy called "clustering analysis" to track the blockchain and identify Ver's bitcoin transactions.

Persons: Roger Ver, Danny Lee, Ver, Bryan Skarlatos, bitcoin Organizations: South China Morning, Getty, Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service, DOJ, CNBC, eBay, IRS Locations: South, California, Caribbean, St, Kitts, Nevis, U.S, Spain, United States, Pest

☆ Mega Millions jackpot hits $977 million. Here's what financial experts say to do if you score the winning ticket
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A person plays lottery at a 7-eleven store as Mega Millions jackpot reaches $ 1 billion 580 million, in Redwood City, California, United States on August 8, 2023. The Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $977 million — the game's sixth-largest prize — without a winner from Tuesday night's drawing. There have been 29 consecutive drawings without a grand prize, according to Mega Millions. ET, and the odds of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot is roughly 1 in 302 million. Here are some top pieces of advice for the next winner, according to financial advisors.

Organizations: Mega, Finance Locations: Redwood City , California, United States

☆ This key issue has 1 in 3 expats 'seriously considering' or planning to renounce U.S. citizenship
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly one-third of U.S. expats have plans to renounce their American citizenship or are "seriously considering it," according to a new survey from Greenback Expat Tax Services. Over the past year, there was a "big jump" in that number, noted Mike Wallace, CEO at Greenback Expat Tax Services. The latest figure is based on a poll of roughly 1,000 American expats in February. About 1 in 5 haven't felt comfortable filing taxes abroad, according to the survey. American expats must pay U.S. income taxes on worldwide earnings, which include wages, business profits, investment income and more.

Persons: Mike Wallace, Biden, haven't, expats Organizations: U.S, Expat Tax, Tax, Finance, Federal Locations: American

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters are set to decide next month whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant money to help administer state elections, one of two Republican-backed ballot measures that Democrats say are meant to make it harder to conduct elections in the presidential battleground state. The Wisconsin measures are supported by Republicans and conservative groups and opposed by an array of government watchdog and liberal groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause Wisconsin, Wisconsin Conservation Voters and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. Three courts and the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission rejected complaints challenging the legality of the grant money. It’s unclear how adoption of the amendment would change current practice, other than place requirements currently in state law into the constitution. Federal law already requires U.S. citizenship to vote in national elections and no state constitutions explicitly allow noncitizens to vote in state or local elections.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Sen, Eric Wimberger, ”, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Biden, Zuckerbucks ”, ” Kyle Koenen, Zuckerberg, Chan, Tony Evers, Evers, noncitizens Organizations: —, Republicans, American Civil Liberties Union, Wisconsin Conservation Voters, League of Women Voters of, Democratic, Center for Tech, Facebook, “, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, Democratic Gov, Wisconsin, Bureau Locations: MADISON, Wis, — Wisconsin, Wisconsin, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin

☆ R.N.C. Shutting Down Community Centers Aimed at Minority Outreach
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Maya King | Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The community centers, which were based in several states including California, New York, North Carolina and Texas, were part of a yearslong effort to encourage Black, Latino, Asian and Native American voters to join the party. Republicans closed several minority outreach centers in battleground states more than a year ago and did not retain their minority media outreach directors. The most recent cuts, which will affect roughly 10 community centers, were first reported by The Daily Beast, and they are part of a wave of layoffs at the R.N.C. Republicans have widely promoted the community centers, which were established largely within the racial and ethnic communities they aimed to court. The centers often hosted political rallies, dances and potlucks, and some even helped community members prepare for the U.S. citizenship test.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Organizations: Republican National Committee, Republicans, Daily, Staff Locations: California , New York, North Carolina, Texas

A leading state television channel opened with its host railing against the West and NATO. THE KREMLIN MEDIA DIETThe Kremlin regularly meets with the heads of TV stations to give “special instructions on what can be said on air,” said Ovsyannikova. State television broadcasts dull debates between representatives of Putin's opponents. GRANULES OF TRUTHRussian propaganda is “sophisticated and multifaceted,” said Francis Scarr, a journalist who analyzes Russian television for BBC Monitoring. Even those soothed by the Kremlin’s propaganda also could long for a real choice at the polls.

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Putin, whittle, ”, PUTIN’S, Anna Politkovskaya, Evan Gershkovich, “, Marina Ovsyannikova, Sam Greene, Half, Jade McGlynn, —, Francis Scarr, McGlynn, Greene Organizations: West, NATO, NTV, Russia, Center for, Levada, King's College, Putin, State, BBC Monitoring, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Russia, State, Victoria, Russian, Crimea, Soviet, Washington, West, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, King's College London, RUSSIAN

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said Tuesday that the U.S. plans to announce a "major sanctions package" on Friday, seeking to hold Russia responsible for the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Estonia Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on Tuesday said the country, which borders Russia, successfully thwarted a "hybrid operation" by Russia's security services on its territory. Russia's Federal Security Service has reportedly detained a woman with dual Russian-U.S. citizenship on suspicion of treason, Russian media reported Tuesday. The woman, believed to be a 33 year-old resident of Los Angeles, was arrested in the Urals mountain city of Yekaterinburg. She was reportedly arrested on suspicion of treason for raising funds for Ukraine's armed forces.

Persons: John Kirby, Alexei Navalny, Kaja Kallas Organizations: White, Russia, Internal Security Service, ISS, Federal Security Service Locations: U.S, Estonia, Russia, Los Angeles, Yekaterinburg

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a Boston airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said Thursday. Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe slipped out of the police station and jumped into one of the privately owned minivans that are the main transportation source in Kenya, Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said. Massachusetts State Police said in early November that Kangethe had left her body in a car at Logan International Airport and boarded a flight to Kenya. The court approved a police application for him to be detained for 30 days while the extradition issue was heard. On Feb. 2, prosecutor Vincent Monda asked the court to endorse the U.S. warrant for Kangethe's arrest and issue directions for the extradition proceedings.

Persons: Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe, Adamson Bungei, ”, Kangethe, Margaret Mbitu, Vincent Monda, Lucas Onyina, Mbitu, Masten Wanjala Organizations: Massachusetts State Police, Logan International Airport, Associated Press, Police Locations: NAIROBI, Kenya, Massachusetts, Boston, Nairobi, American, Halifax, Kangethe, Lowell, Bungoma

WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive $118 billion Senate border bill not only contains once-in-a-decade border security legislation and wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine, but also offers a chance for the U.S. to keep its promise to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in America’s longest war. Tucked inside the sprawling package is a measure that would provide a long-awaited pathway to residency for tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who arrived in the U.S. on military planes after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Conservatives have said the package does not go far enough in limiting the number of daily migrant crossings at the southern border. Both Republican and Democratic senators and their staff worked to bridge the divide and produce legislative text that both sides could support. Republican leaders in the House have declared the bill a non-starter, and even passage through the Senate, where the deal was negotiated, is an uphill climb.

Persons: there’s, Democratic Sen, Chris Coons, ”, they’ve, Shawn VanDiver Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Republican, Democratic, Associated Press, Allies, Navy, Senate, State Department Locations: Israel, Ukraine, America’s, U.S, Afghanistan, Kabul, Cuba, Vietnam, Iraq, Chris Coons of Delaware, United States

WASHINGTON (AP) — To his supporters, Alejandro Mayorkas is a thoughtful, driven secretary — a “Boy Scout” — who brings a prosecutor's tenacity and his personal understanding of the immigrant experience in America to running his sprawling agency. But it is the department’s role in immigration that has made Mayorkas a target of impeachment. Mayorkas said his immigrant and refugee background mean that he brings an intense patriotism to the job. Citizenship and Immigration Service, Mayorkas put in place a program giving protection from deportation to migrants brought to the border as children. Since taking the job as DHS secretary, Mayorkas has been subject to often hostile rhetoric over the administration's handling of the border and immigration.

Persons: —, Alejandro Mayorkas, Ali, he’ll, Tom Warrick, ” Warrick, Joe Biden, Biden, Mayorkas, Donald Trump, “, ”, didn’t, Cecilia Munoz, Obama, Munoz, Barack Obama, “ He’s, Mark Green of, impeaching, William Belknap, Ulysses Grant, Brandon Judd, Trump, Judd, Ahilan Arulanantham, Arulanantham, Angela Kelley Organizations: WASHINGTON, Department of Homeland Security, Republicans, Atlantic Council, “, DHS, Republican, Associated Press, Mayorkas, White, . Citizenship, Immigration Service, Democratic, Trump, House Homeland Security, National Border Patrol Council, Security, Border Patrol, Biden, Center for Immigration Law, UCLA School of Law, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Congress Locations: America, U.S, Mexico, United States, Washington, Ukraine, California, Cuba, Los Angeles, Miami, Mark Green of Tennessee

☆ Opinion | Dobbs Overturned Much More Than Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Most of my writing this week was on the recent elections in Iowa and New Hampshire, but most of my reading was focused elsewhere. In particular, I want to highlight this report from Jessica Valenti, published in her excellent newsletter, on proposed travel bans for abortion care in Tennessee and Oklahoma. The Tennessee ban, proposed by State Representative Jason Zachary, would make it a felony to take a minor out of state to obtain an abortion. I have written about how abortion bans implicate a broad set of rights tied to our personal and bodily autonomy, including the right to travel between states. The federal government, by contrast, was a limited government of enumerated powers — a government that could take only such action as allowed by the Constitution.

Persons: Jessica Valenti, Jason Zachary, Valenti, ”, —, Kate Masur, Be, “ Organizations: State, Constitution Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Oklahoma, The Tennessee, ” The Oklahoma, “

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. has expelled a former Chilean Army officer accused of torturing and killing folk singer Victor Jara during the country's bloody 1973 coup. Pedro Barrientos had emigrated to Florida in 1990, the same year the bloody dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet came to an end. This year, he was stripped of his U.S. citizenship after it was found he concealed information about his Chilean military service during his immigration proceedings. Jara, a popular singer and university professor, was a fervent supporter of socialist President Salvador Allende. Homeland Security Investigations said that Barrientos was removed Thursday on a flight from Miami and taken into custody by Chilean law enforcement officials upon his arrival in the South American country.

Persons: Victor Jara, Pedro Barrientos, Augusto Pinochet, Jara, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Allende, Barrientos, Jara’s, Jara's, Joan Turner Jara Organizations: MIAMI, Chilean Army, Joan Turner Jara . Homeland Security Investigations Locations: Florida, Santiago, British, Joan Turner Jara ., Miami

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed. In South Florida, some immigrants complain that people who came later get work permits that are out of reach for them. Across the country, mayors, governors and others have been forceful advocates for newly arrived migrants seeking shelter and work permits. The administration said in September that it would work to reduce wait times for work permits to 30 days for those using the new pathways. The Washington rally reflected an effort by advocates to push for work permits for all, regardless of when they came.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, “ Chuy ” Garcia, José Guerrero, ” Guerrero, “, Angel Hernandez, Hernandez, Adriana Trino, “ We're, Diego Torres, Santiago Marquez, hasn't, –, They’ve, ” Lawrence Benito, ___ Tareen, J, Elliot Spagat, Erik Verduzco Organizations: U.S, Rep, Chicago Democrat, . Citizenship, Immigration Services, Biden, Latin American Coalition, American Association, Washington, Illinois Coalition, Immigrant, Refugee Rights, Chicago, Associated Press, Rico Locations: Fla, New York, Chicago, South Florida, Washington, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Homestead , Florida, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, U.S, Venezuelan, Panama’s, Darien, Colombia, United States, Midtown Manhattan, Charlotte , North Carolina, In Atlanta, Homestead, Atlanta

"We hoped and prayed today would come," Liz Hirsh Naftali and Noa Naftali, Edan's great aunt and cousin, said in a statement, thanking Biden and the Qatari government for their work in getting Abigail released. Her siblings were already there, Noa Naftali said, and the family can provide "the love and support that they need after losing their parents." According to Noa Naftali, Abigail had been held captive in Gaza with neighbors also taken from the Kfar Aza kibbutz, where the toddler, her parents and her siblings lived. Biden said he expects Hamas to release other U.S. hostages as well, and that he wants the pause in the fighting to be extended as long as prisoners are being released. "We will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones," Biden said.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Joe Biden, Abigail Edan, Abigail, Israel, Biden, Liz Hirsh Naftali, Noa Naftali, Edan's, Carmel Edan, he's, Aza, —, Judith Tai Raanan, Natalie, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jeff Mason, Andy Sullivan, Moira Warburton, Jason Lange, Steve Gorman, David Goodman, Alexander Smith, Mark Porter, Josie Kao Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, CBS, Qatari, Reuters, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Ofakim, Israel, Rights NANTUCKET , Massachusetts, Israeli, Palestinian, United States, Nantucket, Washington, Buffalo , NY

TAIPEI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of tech giant Foxconn (2317.TW), on Friday withdrew from the race to be Taiwan's next president, bringing a sense of relief to the major Apple (AAPL.O) supplier and iPhone manufacturer, sources said. Complete the change of power and change Taiwan," Gou said. Despite a massive advertising campaign, which saw his face plastered across Taiwan, Gou consistently polled far behind his rivals. Although Gou stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019 and resigned as a board member in early September, he remained the company's largest shareholder. "It's a sigh of relief," said one of the sources, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.

Persons: Terry Gou, Gou, Hou Yu, Ko Wen, Ko, Lai Ching, Foxconn, Young Liu, TPP, Tammy Lai, Lai, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, Sarah Wu, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Apple, Democratic Progressive Party, ih, Kuomintang, KMT, Taiwan People's Party, Facebook, Global Times, Reuters, Netflix, Thomson Locations: TAIPEI, Ukraine, Taiwan, China, Taipei, Beijing

☆ A Campaign Builds to Label Radio Free Europe Journalist as Wrongfully Detained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alsu Kurmasheva was arrested in October on an allegation of failing to register as a foreign agent and placed in pretrial detention. Photo: Vladislav Mikhnevskii/Associated PressEarlier this year, Alsu Kurmasheva , a dual Russian-U.S. citizen and journalist for U.S.-government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, faced a difficult choice. She wanted to travel to the Russian city of Kazan to see her ailing mother. In May, she made the trip, leaving the Czech Republic, where she lives, on her U.S. passport and entering Russia using her Russian passport. In June, Russian authorities stopped her from flying home, accusing her of failing to properly declare her U.S. citizenship.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Vladislav Mikhnevskii, Alsu Organizations: U.S, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, State Department Locations: Russian, Radio Free Europe, Kazan, Russia, Czech Republic

☆ Journalist's Husband Urges US State Dept to Recognise Her as Wrongfully Detained in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"I believe Alsu was detained wrongfully. I hope the United States can use every avenue available to it to secure her speedy release, including her designation as a wrongfully detained person," Butorin told a news briefing. When Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in March on spying charges that he, his paper and the Biden administration all deny, the State Department declared him wrongfully detained just 12 days later. Jeffrey Gedmin, acting president of RFE/RL, said the news outlet was working with the State Department in a bid to secure the designation. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, asked about Kurmasheva's case at a daily news briefing, said no one should read anything into the amount of time taken to reach a decision.

Persons: Mark Trevelyan, ”, Alsu, Pavel Butorin, Butorin, Evan Gershkovich, Biden, Gershkovich, Kurmasheva, Jeffrey Gedmin, Matthew Miller, Simon Lewis, David Gregorio Organizations: Mark Trevelyan LONDON, U.S, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, U.S . Congress, State Department, Kremlin Locations: American, Radio Free Europe, Russia, United States, U.S, Moscow, Washington

☆ The U.S. has lost thousands of tech workers to Canada — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Sydney Boyo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As of last month, the Canadian government says more than 6,000 U.S. H-1B visa holders had arrived in Canada so far this year. That's after massive layoffs left high-skilled foreign H-1B holders in limbo. The H-1B program targets highly educated and specialized foreign workers in fields such as tech and health care. The study also shows that Canada now has 1.1 million tech workers, and Toronto and Vancouver ranked among the top 10 tech cities in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about how Canada is targeting H-1B visa holders, watch the video.

Persons: Annie Beaudoin, Harnoor Singh, Frederick Anokye, Kubeir Kamal, I'm, Marc Miller wasn't Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, U.S . Citizenship, Immigration Services, Micron, College of Immigration, Citizenship, Canada's Tech, Vancouver, Canadian Locations: Canada, Canadian, U.S, India, Ghana, Toronto

☆ Here's why it 'doesn't make financial sense' for Americans living abroad to give up their U.S. citizenship, one expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"It typically doesn't make financial sense, and there's a few reasons why," said Italy-based Alex Ingrim, a financial advisor at Chase Buchanan Wealth Management. While there may be some instances where "the pain of being American" arises in the tax liability, "you're very rarely double-taxed" as an American, Ingrim said. Similarly, if you earn Portuguese income and pay Portuguese income taxes, you will get some credits on your U.S. filing for taxes paid overseas, according to Boudreaux. However, they still have the U.S. tax liability. "For those people, it's a pain, and [they] opt for giving up their citizenship to avoid paying taxes," Ingrim said.

Persons: Alexander Spatari, Alex Ingrim, Ingrim, Jude Boudreaux, expats, Boudreaux, Jordi Mora Igual Organizations: Chase Buchanan Wealth Management, Planning, Social, CNBC FA Locations: Italy, New Orleans, U.S, Portugal, Monaco, Dubai

☆ US-Palestinian evacuees recount 'horror movie' of leaving Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Amina Ismail | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Suzan Beseiso, a Palestinian holding a U.S. passport, waits for permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2023. Since then a trickle of relief has been trucked into Gaza and some evacuees have left, though the arrangement is fragile and was suspended on Saturday before resuming on Monday. When the family left their house in Gaza her grandmother started shouting that she didn't want to go, and Beseiso had to plead with her. Born in Gaza but also holding U.S. citizenship, she acquired some land next to her house in 2005 where she grew olive, lemon and palm trees. "I hope people go to my house and take the dates and olives, so they don't go to waste."

Persons: Abu, Tell, Suzan Beseiso, Beseiso, Jana Timraz, Yusra Batniji, Youssef, Amina Ismail, Aidan Lewis, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Rafah, Egypt, CAIRO, Cairo, U.S, United States, Qatar, Sinai, Jaffa

☆ 'Incredibly harsh': Up to 600 Americans are trapped in besieged Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Rafah crossing is at the border of southern Gaza and Egypt, and is one of only two points of entry and exit for the Palestinian territory. Palestinians, some with foreign passports hoping to cross into Egypt and others waiting for aid wait at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza strip, on October 16, 2023. Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes hit Rafah as the Israeli attacks continue on the thirteenth day of the clashes in Rafah, Gaza on October 19, 2023. False hopesMany of the Americans in Gaza have family members there that do not have U.S. citizenship. While they can apply for visas for their immediate family members, they would have to leave extended family members behind, creating an impossible situation, they say.

Persons: America's, Biden's, Amir Kaoud, Mohammed Abed, Kaoud, they're, Abed Rahim Khatib, Sameh Shoukry, Mahmoud Khaled, Israel Organizations: State Department, Hamas, NBC News, Getty, The State Department, CNBC, Anadolu Agency, U.S, Embassy, Aid Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, American, Rafah, Egypt, Gaza's, U.S, North Sinai

☆ American Hostages Judith Raanan, Daughter Natalie in Gaza Are Released by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Anat Peled | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Judith Raanan, left, and her daughter Natalie in an undated photo. (Associated Press)The Israeli government identified the two American hostages released by Hamas as Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie. The two women, who both have U.S. citizenship, had been visiting family in Nahal Oz, a kibbutz, at the time of Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The women are from Evanston, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.

Persons: Judith Raanan, Natalie Organizations: Associated Press Locations: Nahal Oz, Israel, Evanston, Ill, Chicago

☆ Russian court extends custody of US journalist in 'foreign agent' case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds Russian and U.S. citizenship, attends a court hearing after being detained on suspicion of failing to register as a "foreign agent," in Kazan, Russia October 20, 2023. Kurmasheva is a Prague-based journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is funded by the U.S. Congress and designated by Russia as a foreign agent, meaning it gets foreign funding for activity deemed to be political. "This appears to be another case of the Russian government harassing U.S. citizens," State Department spokesperson Matt Miller told reporters on Thursday. That contrasted with its reaction after Gershkovich's arrest, when Peskov told reporters, without providing evidence, that the reporter had been "caught red-handed" while trying to obtain military secrets. She was charged a week later with failure to register as a foreign agent, an offence that carries up to five years in prison.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Alexey Nasyrov, Kurmasheva, Edgar Matevosyan, Evan Gershkovich, Matt Miller, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Jeffrey Gedmin, Filipp Lebedev, Mark Trevelyan, Felix Light, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, Russian, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Congress, Reuters, Wall Street, Thomson Locations: Radio Free Europe, Kazan, Russia, American, Prague, Ukraine, Moscow, Washington

The agreement currently applies to some 3,900 children separated from their parents during Trump's presidency from 2017-2021, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represents separated families in a lawsuit first filed in 2018. An estimated 500-1,000 children remain separated and the number covered by the settlement will likely expand, the ACLU said. Trump, the frontrunner to become the Republican nominee for president in 2024, has criticized Biden's handling of border security and pledged to implement hardline immigration policies if reelected. As part of the settlement, separated families will have access to temporary housing support for one year, according to court documents. The Biden administration in 2021 broke off class-wide settlement talks that would have provided monetary compensation to separated families.

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Trump, Alejandro Mayorkas, Lee Gelernt, Biden, Ted Hesson, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Firms American Civil Liberties Union Follow WASHINGTON, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, Joe Biden's Democratic, Government watchdogs, Republican, Homeland, Biden, U.S . Citizenship, Immigration Services, Reuters, Thomson Locations: United States, Rio Bravo, Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, U.S, Washington

☆ Ankara blast echoes past attacks in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Members of Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Ministry following a bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey October 1, 2023. Turkey blamed Kurdish militants for the Istanbul blast, which reminded Turks of a wave of attacks carried out by various militant groups in Turkish cities between mid-2015 and early 2017. June 28, 2016 - A triple suicide bombing and a gun attack killed 45 people and wounded more than 160 people at Istanbul's main airport. March 19, 2016 - A suicide bomber killed four people in a busy shopping district of Istiklal Street in the heart of Istanbul. Sept 8, 2015 - Kurdish militants killed 15 police officers in two bombings in eastern Turkish provinces of Mardin and Igdir.

Persons: Cagla, Tayyip Erdogan, Azra Ceylan, Canan, Gareth Jones, William Maclean Organizations: Turkish Police Special Forces, Ministry, REUTERS, Authorities, Kurdistan Workers Party, Islamic State, Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, Islamic, Explosives, Thomson Locations: Ankara, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkish, Izmir, Kayseri, Turkey's, Gaziantep, Islamic State, Istanbul's, Diyarbakir, Istiklal, Iranian, Mardin, Igdir, Suruc, Syrian, Gdansk

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