By now, most kids are back in school writing colorful essays about their experiences over the summer which, no doubt, include new adventures, camp opportunities, and lots of sun.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would file charges against two French bank managers accused of transmitting false and misleading information about the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), “a global benchmark interest rate to which trillions of dollars of financial transactions are tied.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Illinois State Police have jointly announced a five-figure reward for information leading to suspects in a murder that took place 25 years ago, yesterday.

Throughout his campaign, President Trump made a point of repeatedly using Chicago as being emblematic of many of the woes facing the country.

Tune in to FedTalk this week for a discussion on the presidential appointment process, including the history of presidential appointments, and the possible risks associated with a historically slow risk of appointments, as well as a spate of acting appointments on which the clock is running out.

In an announcement released yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the signing of 18 new 287(g) agreements with law enforcement departments throughout the state of Texas.

This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) expanded its efforts to combat so-called “sanctuary cities,” stating that cities would no longer be eligible for DOJ grants unless they both allow federal immigration officers access to local prisons and also provide federal authorities with advance notice when prisoners in the country illegally are slated to be released.

United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions held a press conference to announce the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) intention to expand both state and federal law enforcement’s abilities to seize assets suspected to have been involved in criminal activity – a process known as “civil asset forfeiture.”

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the FBI ordered hundreds of illegal aliens to be taken into custody to determine whether the detainees had connections to terrorism.

A recent audit of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by the independent public accounting firm KPMG LLP cited “a material weakness in information technology (IT) controls and financial system functionality at the DHS Department-wide level,” according to the final report.

Kevin Mallory, a 60-year-old former U.S. State Department and Central Intelligence Agency employee from Leesburg, VA, was charged Thursday with espionage.

A former federal employee terminated by the United States Agency for International Development (“USAID”) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) appealed his termination from both agencies under Title VII and also contended that NOAA violated a criminal statute that prohibits making false statements when the Agency allegedly lied about why he was terminated.

The Department of Justice filed a forfeiture last week to seize $540 million in assets, including a Picasso painting given to Leonardo DiCaprio, they say were purchased with stolen money from the Malaysian development fund, 1MDB.

The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear a case asking whether, when officers permit individuals to exercise First Amendment rights to speech and peaceful assembly, officers must provide fair warning prior to arresting demonstrators for participation in the demonstration.

According to officials interviewed by the Washington Post, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, appointed by the Justice Department to investigate Russia’s attempts to impact the outcome of U.S. elections, has begun widening his probe to include questioning senior intelligence officials about whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice.

A Walt Disney World employee is accused of using a badge he bought for Halloween to impersonate an FBI agent and pull a woman over on the road.

After the Merit Systems Protection Board found that a retired federal employee failed to prove that the recovery of overpaid benefits from the Federal Employee Retirement System (“FERS”) would be against equity and good conscience, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the MSPB’s decision, finding that the Administrative Judge’s analysis (which the full Board accepted) was not supported by substantial evidence, was erroneous, and that recovery of the overpayment was unconscionable given the “inexplicable” three-year delay by OPM to finalize the retiree’s benefits, and the additional four-year delay between the retiree’s request for reconsideration and OPM’s decision.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Officer David Brady, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for May 2017.

One of the most substantial issues under President Trump’s campaign was immigration reform- specifically relating to the deportation and impediment of illegal immigrants.

A retired Air Force Veteran’s divorce decree awarded his ex-wife 50 percent of the veteran’s future Air Force retirement pay, but thirteen years after the divorce, the veteran was found partially disabled due to an earlier service-related injury, and elected to give up an equal amount ($250 monthly) of retirement pay in order to receive disability pay – thereby reducing the value of his ex-wife’s 50 percent share by 50 percent of $250.