Broadway Electric and Executives Settle False Claims Act Fraud for $21.3 MillionJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyBroadway Electric, Cornerstone Contracting, and two executives agreed to pay $21.3 million to settle False Claims Act allegations over fraudulent veteran-owned small business contracts.
Four Massachusetts Men Sentenced to 57-Plus Years in Darknet Fentanyl Pill ConspiracyJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyFour Lynn, Massachusetts men received a combined 57-plus years in prison for a darknet conspiracy to sell fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills linked to more than a dozen overdose deaths.
DOJ Announces Results of FBI Operation Spring Cleaning Nationwide Crime SurgeJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyThe DOJ announced Operation Spring Cleaning results: 1,139 arrests, 615 federal indictments, and seizure of nearly 1,000 firearms in a three-month FBI-led surge.
American Journalist Thomas Pauken II Pleads Guilty to Acting as China’s AgentJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyAmerican journalist Thomas Pauken II pleaded guilty June 4 to acting as an unregistered Chinese government agent, facing up to 10 years at a September sentencing.
John YH Roe v. Sean Combs Expands Civil Litigation Over Minor AbuseJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyA former child actor filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging Sean Combs sexually assaulted him at a 2007 Hollywood Hills event, naming two talent agencies as defendants.
Six Western Nations Impose Coordinated Sanctions on Israeli Settlers and Finance Minister SmotrichJune 9, 2026Intelligence
CISA to Issue Risk-Based Vulnerability Directive, Overhauling Federal Patch ManagementJune 9, 2026Intelligence
EU Proposes 21st Russia Sanctions Package Targeting Banks, Shadow Fleet, and Third-Country Evasion NetworksJune 9, 2026Intelligence
Kern County Jury Convicts Narvaez of First-Degree Murder in Lamont Robbery KillingJune 9, 2026VerdictsA Kern County jury convicted Romieo Narvaez of first-degree murder and robbery in the July 2024 killing of Emanuel Gonzalez in Lamont, California, on felony murder and aiding and abetting theories.