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US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the US Justice Department has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the $3.8 billion JetBlue-Spirit airline merger. SOUNDBITE
The US "fundamentally rejects" an announcement today by the International Criminal Court prosecutor to arrest Israeli leaders, rejecting the court's authority and saying the move put ceasefire efforts at risk. "There should be no equivalence between Israel and Hamas," says US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. SOUNDBITE
The US Department of Justice sues Apple for illegally maintaining a monopoly for its iPhone by stifling competition and imposing exorbitant costs on consumers. "Apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal antitrust law," US Attorney General Merrick Garland tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
A damning Justice Department report cites "major failures" by Texas police who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening. Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the gunman. SOUNDBITE
A former US ambassador to Bolivia and member of the National Security Council has been charged with spying for Cuba for 40 years, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces. "This action exposes one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent," Garland says. SOUNDBITE
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