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.
Federal Indictment Unsealed Against Mexican National for Northern California Drug TraffickingJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyA federal indictment unsealed June 4, 2026, charges Hugo Alberto Herrera Rodriguez, 41, with meth and heroin trafficking and money laundering across Northern California.
American Citizen Pleads Guilty to Acting as Unregistered Chinese Government AgentJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyAmerican citizen Thomas Weir Pauken II pleaded guilty June 4, 2026, to acting as an unregistered agent of China under 18 U.S.C. § 951, the DOJ announced.
DOJ Opens Civil Rights Review of Four California School Districts Over Gender PoliciesJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyThe DOJ Civil Rights Division opened a compliance review of four California school districts, including San Francisco Unified, over gender ideology policies on June 8, 2026.
DOJ Files Denaturalization Suits Against 17 Naturalized CitizensJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyThe DOJ filed civil denaturalization suits against 17 naturalized citizens in multiple federal courts, targeting convicts for sex offenses, fraud, and drug trafficking.
Cleveland Clinic Agrees to 20-Year Gender Care Ban for Minors in DOJ SettlementJune 9, 2026Law and PolicyCleveland Clinic agreed to a 20-year ban on gender-related treatments for minors and a $308,000 penalty in a DOJ and Ohio AG settlement.