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Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused the Biden family of corruption, has been charged by federal prosecutors with failing to register as a foreign agent. A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with failing to register as a foreign agent while working to advance the interests of China. Gal Luft, 57, has also been charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. He remains a fugitive. According to the indictment, Luft paid an unnamed adviser to then-President Donald Trump to publicly support certain policies favorable to China. MORE: Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal In the weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Luft allegedly created a written "dialogue" between a Chinese national and the Trump adviser, in which Luft wrote the adviser's responses and included information that was favorab...

New York AG Letitia James has asked a judge to impose sanctions against Donald Trump and the other defendants in her $250 million lawsuit against the former president. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday asked a judge to impose legal sanctions against Donald Trump and the other defendants in her $250 million civil lawsuit against the former president and his company. James last year brought the $250 million lawsuit against Trump, his children and his company that accuses them of "grossly" i NFL ating the former president's net worth by billions of dollars and cheating lenders and others with false and misleading financial statements. MORE: Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion, New York AG says in filing In her new court filing, James argues that Trump and the others deserve sanctions because they've made the same legal arguments the judge has repeatedly denied. Since October 2022, the defendants have made the same arguments against the su...

The Treasury Department has imposed its first set of sanctions on two companies that shipped Russian oil in violation of a multinational price cap WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department said Thursday that it has imposed its first set of sanctions on two companies that shipped Russian oil in violation of a multinational price cap. The United States, along with the European Union, countries in the Group of Seven and Australia, imposed a $60 a barrel limit last year on what Russia could charge for its oil. The cap was designed to deprive the Kremlin of revenue to fund its war in Ukraine, forcing the Russian government either to sell its oil at a discount or divert money for a costly alternative shipping network. The companies being penalized are based in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, the department said in a statement. A ship owned by the Emirates-based company Lumber Marine carried oil price d above $75 a barrel from a Russian port. Separately, a vessel owned by Turkey-based Ice P...