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FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News that AI usage at the bureau has risen 605% since he took office, crediting the technology with helping thwart a school shooting in North Carolina and several other states. He also said major tech companies are 'embedded' within the FBI, though no official figures confirm the specific percentage he cited.
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a remedies order requiring Google to make its ad-tech products interoperable with rival platforms, share more auction data with publishers, and accept an internal compliance monitor. The ruling stops short of the Justice Department's push to force Google to sell off parts of its advertising technology business, despite Brinkema's earlier finding that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in the ad-tech market.
The Justice Department alleges that Hong Kong-based firms Hexa Whale and Blessed Trust used Binance to route roughly $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency tied to black-market Iranian oil sales to Chinese buyers, with proceeds ultimately reaching Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Prosecutors filed a forfeiture complaint seeking to seize $61 million connected to the scheme, and some funds reportedly passed through the US financial system to obscure their origin. Binance confirmed the companies' involvement, removed them from its platform, and dismissed several internal investigators who flagged the transactions.
Special Master Judge Jose Linares has paused his own earlier order requiring the DOJ to hand over records from 14 federal agencies to Apple, while District Judge Julien Neals reviews the government's appeal of that ruling. Apple wants the documents to show how agencies weigh privacy and security in smartphone purchasing decisions, arguing this supports its defense that certain contested practices are legitimate safeguards rather than anticompetitive conduct.
The Justice Department has formally asked Fox and Roku to submit additional documents and data as part of a deeper antitrust review of Fox's proposed $22 billion acquisition of Roku. The move, known as a second request, is a standard but significant step signaling regulators have unresolved questions after reviewing the companies' initial filings.
The Department of Justice has widened its investigation into surging beef prices to include eight large grocery and retail chains, among them Walmart, Costco, Aldi and Publix. Investigators are examining how pricing decisions across these retailers may have contributed to the sharp rise in beef costs for consumers.
Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the DOJ's push to force Google to divest its AdX ad exchange, despite having ruled last year that Google illegally monopolized two ad tech markets. Instead, she accepted unspecified 'behavioral remedies' that reportedly require Google to open its ad tech tools to competitors, with the ruling issued under seal for now.
A federal judge has decided that Google will not be required to divest its ad exchange, formerly known as AdX, despite the company's 2025 loss in the Justice Department's ad tech antitrust case. Judge Leonie Brinkema found Google had illegally tied publishers to its exchange but rejected claims of wrongdoing on the advertiser side of the business. The full set of remedies, which may include fines and mandated changes to business practices, remains sealed for two weeks while parties negotiate redactions.
Special Master Jose Linares has denied the Justice Department's motion to reconsider his earlier ruling allowing Apple to obtain documents from 14 federal agencies, including the CIA, FBI, NSA and Department of Defense. The DOJ had argued Linares used the wrong legal standard and that Apple's requests were overly burdensome and only marginally relevant, but Apple countered that these objections failed on every point, and Linares agreed.
A report indicates that intervention tied to the Trump administration influenced the Justice Department's approach to its antitrust scrutiny of Live Nation, softening the pressure the company faced. The same roundup notes escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada, alongside a $400 million settlement TikTok reached over a lawsuit concerning children's privacy.