Category: Seizes
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Trump Seizes Wartime Powers in Battle for More Fossil Fuels
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Breadcrumb links BMN Business President Donald Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency opens the door to sweeping Cold War-era powers and little-known powers to speed up pipelines, expand power grids and bail out struggling coal plants. Article writer: Bloomberg News Jennifer A. Dlohi and Ari Natter Posted on January 26,…
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US seizes Venezuelan president’s plane in Dominican Republic By Reuters
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By Matt Spitalnick and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has seized an aircraft used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated U.S. sanctions, the Justice Department said on Monday. The seizure of the plane…
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FBI seizes Republican Representative Ogles’ cell phone in funding probe By Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Andy Ogles said on Tuesday that FBI agents seized his cellphone as part of an investigation into problems surrounding his disclosure of campaign funds. “Last Friday, the FBI seized my cell phone,” Ogles said in a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.…
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Taiwan says China seizes fishing boat near Chinese coast By Reuters
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By Ben Blanchard and Yimo Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese officials boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat operating close to China’s coast near a Taiwan-controlled island late on Tuesday, then seized it and took it to a Chinese port, Taiwan’s coast guard said, in a further escalation of tensions. China views…
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US DOJ Seizes $100M In Crypto From Major Dark Web Drug Trafficking Operation
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at recent days campaign In connection with illicit transactions involving crypto assets, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested Roy Siang Lin, a 23-year-old from Taiwan. Lin, who also goes by the names Pharoah and Faro, is accused of owning and operating a dark web drug market known as “Incognito…