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Boston bomber trial could be moved to Washington - report

Lawyers for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, asked a federal judge on Wednesday to move his trial to Washington, NBC News announced.

12:20 20.06.2014

Former Russian Microsoft employee to be sentenced in US for data theft on June 10

Alex Kibkalo, a former Microsoft employee from Russia, who was charged with theft of trade secrets, to be sentenced in the US on June 10.

15:48 22.04.2014

No evidence Snowden spied for Russia - US Senator

A senior US lawmaker said Tuesday that she has seen no evidence that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was working with Russia when he disclosed troves of documents on classified US spying programs.

10:23 29.01.2014

No hearing date for Russian Guantanamo prisoner

The US Department of Defense will disclose the hearing date of Russian national Ravil Mingazov only after the case will be submitted to a military court, official spokesman for the DoD told RIA Novosti.

12:13 20.01.2014

US lawmakers propose expanding Magnitsky Act to all countries

US senators John McCain and Ben Cardin have submitted a bill to the US Congress that would potentially broaden the scope of the Magnitsky Act to all countries.

12:52 17.01.2014

US Senate committee reveals murky world of consumer data sales

A US Senate committee released a report Wednesday illuminating the enormous market for so-called “data brokers” that profit on the sale of data collected from “hundreds of millions” of consumers.

14:46 19.12.2013

Petition to lift sanctions on Russian singer gets 100,000 signatures

A petition to the Obama Administration to lift economic sanctions on Russian singer Grigory Leps has received the required 100,000 signatures to be reviewed by the White House staff.

13:32 25.11.2013

US lawmakers to file for Attorney General Holder’s impeachment – report

Republican US lawmakers plan to file articles of impeachment against US Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday. The articles were reportedly drafted by House Representative Pete Olson [R-Tx.], who issued a statement to Reuters saying that since the House voted to hold Holder in contempt in 2012, the “pattern of disregard for the rule of law and refusal to be forthright has only continued.”

17:56 14.11.2013

US Senators urge IOC to reconsider ruling on Russian gay law

Twelve US senators have signed a letter urging the president of the International Olympic Committee to reconsider the organization’s ruling that Russia’s controversial law banning the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships does not violate the anti-discrimination guarantees in the Olympic charter.

10:27 13.11.2013

US court withdraws Bout's verdict appeal

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has granted a motion filed by Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the US, to withdraw the appeal against his guilty verdict, according to court documents obtained by RAPSI on Friday.

10:40 08.11.2013

Viktor Bout withdraws appeal against sentence in US

Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, has withdrawn the appeal against his guilty verdict.

10:34 05.11.2013

US Treasury blacklists Russian pop star

Russian pop singer Grigory Leps has been placed on a blacklist of sorts by the US Treasury Department on suspicion of having ties with organized crime, US Treasury spokesman John Sullivan told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

10:31 31.10.2013

US court rules in favor of Russian company in trademark dispute

A federal court in Washington ruled in favor of Russian Aqua-Life company in a lawsuit which American beverage company Vosk International (Vosk) brought against predecessors-in-interest in an effort to lay claim to the international trademarks associated with three popular drinks.

13:47 14.10.2013

US shrugs off Snowden father's Russia trip

The United States shrugged off the arrival Thursday in Moscow of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden’s father and denied he was carrying any message from Washington for his son who has been charged with espionage.

09:55 11.10.2013

US Attorneys curb their caseloads as shutdown perseveres

The government shutdown is taking its toll on the US federal judiciary, as prosecutors have been instructed by the US Department of Justice(DOJ) to take various steps in light of the government shutdown, according to a report released Monday by the US Courts’ official news outlet, The Third Branch News.

13:43 08.10.2013

Amid government shutdown, US judiciary vows to remain open for now

As the US government begins to shut down in the aftermath of Congress’ failure to reach a compromise that would enable it to pass a budget, the federal judiciary is set to remain functional for at least ten business days, according to an anticipatory statement released late last week.

14:12 01.10.2013

Google says Gmail messages not private

Google has made it official, casually acknowledging what many people already knew or at least suspected: emails sent through its free Gmail service will be “processed” with no guarantee of privacy.

12:21 15.08.2013

US lawmakers introduce bill proposing ethics code for US Supreme Court justices

A small group of Democrat legislators from the US House of Representatives and Senate introduced on Thursday a bill that would require the US Supreme Court Justices to adhere to a code of ethics, as the country’s nine highest ranking judges are presently exempt from abiding by the Code of Conduct for the United States Judges.

19:04 02.08.2013

US charges 4 Russians, 1 Ukrainian in massive hacking scheme

US authorities on Thursday charged four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian man in connection with the theft of more than 100 million credit card numbers breaching the computer networks of major US and international corporations in what is being called the largest hacking scheme ever to be prosecuted in the United States.

14:39 26.07.2013

US lawmakers defeat amendment to limit phone spying

A legislation aimed at substantially curbing the federal government’s ability to collect information about Americans’ phone calls failed to pass the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, Washington Post reported.

10:05 25.07.2013