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#14 8 Oct
Charged i-Soon contract hackers in 2025
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: Mentioned in: Ten agencies name Beijing firm in hacks#19 30 Sept
Lost its suit for Georgia's unredacted voter list
US Midterms 2026: Judge dismisses DOJ's Georgia voter suit#19 30 Sept
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#19 30 Sept
US Midterms 2026 · source event
#14 29 Sept
Seized Star Blizzard domains with Microsoft
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: Mentioned in: Star Blizzard lures think tanks by invite#19 28 Sept
Tied Byrne JAG grants to enforcement
US Midterms 2026: Mentioned in: Judge Ali voids FEMA election conditions#180 25 Sept
Mentioned in: Three seized tankers near American ports
Iran Conflict 2026#180 25 Sept
#180 25 Sept
#18 22 Sept
Lost its suit for Washington's voter rolls
US Midterms 2026: Dhillon plans 1,000 DOJ poll monitors#18 18 Sept
Mentioned in: NAACP sues DHS over ICE at the polls
US Midterms 2026#17 15 Sept
Mentioned in: Georgia mails its first overseas ballots
US Midterms 2026#17 12 Sept
Notified Aguilar he is personally under investigation
US Midterms 2026: Nevada's Aguilar says he will not fold#16 4 Sept
Mentioned in: D.C. Circuit keeps SAVE database offline
US Midterms 2026#16 4 Sept
Mentioned in: Missouri takes its map to Kavanaugh
US Midterms 2026#12 3 Aug
Mentioned in: Paramount trial set for March 2027
Media's AI Pivot#11 31 Jul
Mentioned in: California moves the merger case to trial
Media's AI Pivot28 Jul
“Department opened an appeal in the Second Circuit”
#15 28 Jul
“Department opened an appeal in the Second Circuit”
US Midterms 2026 · source event
#15 27 Jul
A third circuit takes the voter-file fight
US Midterms 2026#11 24 Jul
Mentioned in: Paramount agrees not to close its own deal
Media's AI Pivot#14 22 Jul
Sued 30 states and Washington DC over voter files and lost 17 rulings
US Midterms 2026: DOJ loses again on state voter files#10 21 Jul
Mentioned in: Brussels clears the merger, at a price
Media's AI Pivot#14 19 Jul
Mentioned in: McKissick and Parmley accept crossover ban
US Midterms 2026#10 19 Jul
Mentioned in: California judge halts the Paramount merger
Media's AI Pivot#14 19 Jul
Reached the UOCAVA compliance agreement with South Carolina
US Midterms 2026: Dhillon signs deal on South Carolina ballots#11 16 Jul
Mentioned in: TfL hackers jailed five and a half years
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#13 15 Jul
Mentioned in: SC bars June Democratic primary voters
US Midterms 2026#9 13 Jul
Mentioned in: Twelve states sue to block Paramount-WBD
Media's AI Pivot#13 12 Jul
Mentioned in: SC sets special primary for 11 August
US Midterms 2026#13 12 Jul
Mentioned in: SJC declines appeal, Walsh stays on
US Midterms 2026#13 9 Jul
Mentioned in: Court reinstates Walsh to primary ballot
US Midterms 2026#12 8 Jul
Filed a petition for rehearing en banc with the full Sixth Circuit
US Midterms 2026: DOJ appeals its Michigan voter-file loss#12 7 Jul
Judge blocks DOJ 2020 poll-worker demand
US Midterms 2026#48 7 Jul
Mentioned in: ICE officer fatally shoots Houston work-crew driver
2026 FIFA World Cup#37 3 Jul
Mentioned in: StubHub hit by lawsuit and Texas probe
2026 FIFA World Cup#143 1 Jul
Mentioned in: The sanctions that need no signature
Iran Conflict 2026#8 1 Jul
Mentioned in: Paramount-WBD deal stalls at three gates
Media's AI Pivot#33 29 Jun
Charged Afrasiabi in 2021 under FARA as an alleged unregistered Iranian agent
2026 FIFA World Cup: $1bn suit hits FIFA over Iran's exit#137 24 Jun
Directed by Trump to investigate oil-company gouging
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump orders a DOJ oil-gouging probe#11 24 Jun
Sixth Circuit rejects DOJ roll demand
US Midterms 2026#7 18 Jun
Mentioned in: WBD rebuilds ad stack on AWS agents
Media's AI Pivot#7 18 Jun
Mentioned in: FCC weighs Gulf stakes in Paramount deal
Media's AI Pivot#14 18 Jun
Mentioned in: Anthropic AI ban enters its second week
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#10 16 Jun
Appealed all eight dismissed voter-data cases in CA, OR, MI, MA, RI, AZ, WI and ME, consolidating its appellate strategy
US Midterms 2026: DOJ stakes voter-data fight on appeal#6 12 Jun
Cleared the Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on 12 June 2026, finding it not likely to harm competition or consumers
Media's AI Pivot: DOJ clears the $110bn Paramount-WBD deal#13 10 Jun
Mentioned in: States write the AI law Congress won't
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#17 8 Jun
Mentioned in: Platini sues FIFA's Infantino in Paris
2026 FIFA World Cup#8 6 Jun
#6 3 Jun
#120 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Senate war-powers vote falls ten short
Iran Conflict 2026#9 2 Jun
Moved to dismiss Common Cause v. DOJ on 2 June, abandoning the central database case while pressing six appellate challenges
US Midterms 2026: DOJ drops its own database case#10 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Meta makes a third WhatsApp access offer
European Tech Sovereignty#109 1 Jun
Mentioned in: War powers clock outlasts the House
Iran Conflict 2026#7 27 May
#5 24 May
#7 21 May
Sabato moves six House seats toward Democrats
US Midterms 2026#7 21 May
Lost voter-data suits in Maine and Wisconsin and dropped NVRA and HAVA claims
US Midterms 2026: DOJ voter-data dragnet narrows to one statute#5 20 May
Unsealed superseding grand jury indictment charging Raul Castro with murder
Cuba Dispatch: Raul Castro charged over 1996 shoot-down#6 19 May
Argued appeal of Oregon voter-data dismissal at the 9th Circuit
US Midterms 2026: 9th Circuit hears first DOJ voter-data appeal#4 19 May
9th Circuit hears Oregon DOJ appeal 19 May
US Midterms 2026#10 16 May
Joined xAI lawsuit challenging Colorado AI Act as unconstitutional
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Colorado guts its AI hiring law#5 7 May
Mentioned in: White House signs nothing on elections
US Midterms 2026#86 1 May
Mentioned in: Trump letter declares the war over
Iran Conflict 2026#85 1 May
Mentioned in: White House asserts US not at war with Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#2 29 Apr
Mentioned in: SAP npm packages hit in TeamPCP credential theft
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Day 60 ends with zero Iran instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#2 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Scattered Spider's Bouquet arrested in Helsinki
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#2 24 Apr
Mentioned in: FIRESTARTER implant survives every Cisco firewall patch
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#2 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Beazley shareholders clear Zurich's £8.1bn bid
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#4 21 Apr
Common Cause sues over DOJ voter database
US Midterms 2026#4 17 Apr
Four more courts toss DOJ voter-data suits
US Midterms 2026#3 15 Apr
Democracy Forward files FOIA against DOJ
US Midterms 2026#1 15 Apr
Secured guilty plea from Peter Williams on 29 October 2025 for stealing and selling US government zero-day exploits
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: OFAC turns IP law on Operation Zero#3 15 Apr
#3 13 Apr
“tracked litigation by”
US Midterms 2026 · source event
#3 9 Apr
Massachusetts court kills DOJ voter suit
US Midterms 2026#2 8 Apr
DOJ Sues 29 States for Voter Data
US Midterms 2026#3 9 Apr
#2 8 Apr
#2 8 Apr
#2 8 Apr
“supplied voter data for citizenship screening”
US Midterms 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Scranton's Bellwether District Moves to Toss-up
US Midterms 2026#2 1 Apr
Idaho GOP Defies Own President on Data
US Midterms 2026#2 1 Apr
“refused voter data citing no legal duty”
US Midterms 2026 · source event
#2 1 Apr
#1 12 Mar
Secured guilty pleas from Goldberg and Martin for using ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware to extort US victims while employed in incident response and negotiation roles
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: Mentioned in: IR staff pleaded guilty to using ALPHV#1 12 Mar
#1 12 Mar
#1 24 Feb
#6 4 Feb
Mentioned in: Bondi shuts KleptoCapture unit
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#1 19 Jan