Ryan Lucas
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DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in US (opens the original)
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The Justice Department has brought charges against five suspected Russian intelligence operatives for allegedly plotting attacks against the Kremlin's perceived enemies around the world, including the murder-for-hire of at least one prominent dissident in the U.S. The indictment, which was unsealed in federal court in Manhattan, says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks, including murder, around the world." T
DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in the U.S. (opens the original)
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The Justice Department has brought charges against five suspected Russian intelligence operatives for allegedly plotting attacks against the Kremlin's perceived enemies around the world, including the murder-for-hire of at least one prominent dissident in the U.S. The indictment, which was unsealed in federal court in Manhattan, says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks, including murder, around the world." T
ICE officer faces federal charges in non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis (opens the original)
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An ICE officer is facing federal charges in connection with the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis. This incident took place in January during Operation Metro Surge. That was the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota. MARTIN: NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas is covering this. And he's with us now to tell us more about it. Good morning, Ryan. MARTIN: So who is this officer? And what is he charged with? LUCAS: Well, the defendant here is Christian Castr
ICE officer faces federal charges for lying over shooting of Venezuelan immigrant (opens the original)
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Updated September 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM MDT Federal prosecutors have brought charges against an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for lying to investigators about a shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minnesota earlier this year. The criminal case is still under seal but was confirmed by a person not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. The charges represent a rare moment of the Justice Department seeking to hold immigration officers accountable for their actions
Former federal prosecutor is suing DOJ for 'unlawful and retaliatory' firing (opens the original)
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A federal prosecutor who was fired earlier this year is suing the Justice Department, alleging that she was unlawfully dismissed for political reasons tied to her work prosecuting a case against anti-abortion activists. The lawsuit filed by Sunita Doddamani, who worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, is the latest to be lodged by a former career Justice Department employee alleging they lost their jobs for improper political reasons. In Doddamani's case, the co
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