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Volume I, from the publisher of these stories." } }, { "slug": "doj-charges-18-more-north-carolina-illegal-voting-2024", "headline": "Justice Department Charges 18 More in North Carolina With Illegally Voting in 2024 Election", "dek": "Federal prosecutors in all three North Carolina districts brought new charges against noncitizens accused of voting, lifting the state's 2026 total to 30.", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/doj-charges-18-more-north-carolina-illegal-voting-2024/", "published": "2026-10-30T02:08:36.368Z", "updated": null, "status": "published", "section": "archive", "summary": "The Justice Department says 18 noncitizens in North Carolina face new charges for illegally voting, bringing the statewide total to 30 indicted this year.", "tags": [ "Justice Department", "Elections", "North Carolina", "Voting" ], "image": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/og/doj-charges-18-more-north-carolina-illegal-voting-2024.jpg", "image_alt": "Illustration of a ballot box in front of a courthouse silhouette", "sources": [ { "n": 1, "type": "primary", "title": "Justice Department Charges 18 More in North Carolina with Illegally Voting in 2024 Election", "outlet": "U.S. Department of Justice", "date": "2026-10-29", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-18-more-north-carolina-illegally-voting-2024-election" } ], "api_url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/api/v1/stories/doj-charges-18-more-north-carolina-illegal-voting-2024.json", "cite_as": "The Veil Press, Justice Department Charges 18 More in North Carolina With Illegally Voting in 2024 Election, https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/doj-charges-18-more-north-carolina-illegal-voting-2024/", "license": { "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/", "terms": "Free to read, quote and republish in full with credit to The Veil Press and a link back to the story URL (CC BY-ND 4.0). 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No key, no fee.", "details": "https://www.theveilpress.com/reuse" }, "book": { "title": "The Veil of the Square Mile", "series": "The Veil, Vol. I", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/library/veil/", "kindle_url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9ZTS8JL", "pitch": "The history behind the headlines: how the City of London Corporation built durable financial power. Volume I, from the publisher of these stories." } }, { "slug": "ofac-sanctions-north-korea-it-worker-network-russia", "headline": "Treasury Sanctions 10 People and One Entity Tied to North Korean IT Worker Schemes, Many Based in Russia", "dek": "OFAC says the networks defraud U.S. businesses and fund North Korea's weapons programs. The same October 28 listing adds Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and a Rwandan savings society under DRC-related sanctions.", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/ofac-sanctions-north-korea-it-worker-network-russia/", "published": "2026-10-28T14:36:48.227Z", "updated": null, "status": "published", "section": "archive", "summary": "On October 28, OFAC sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity it says run or support North Korean IT worker schemes that defraud U.S. businesses, many of them based in Russia.", "tags": [ "Sanctions", "North Korea", "Russia", "Cybersecurity", "Treasury" ], "image": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/og/ofac-sanctions-north-korea-it-worker-network-russia.jpg", "image_alt": "Illustration of a padlocked server rack with a faint map of the Korean peninsula", "sources": [ { "n": 1, "type": "primary", "title": "Treasury Sanctions Facilitators of DPRK IT Worker Fraud Targeting U.S. Businesses", "outlet": "U.S. Department of the Treasury", "date": "2026-10-28", "url": "https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0669" }, { "n": 2, "type": "primary", "title": "North Korea Designations; Democratic Republic of the Congo-related Designations", "outlet": "Office of Foreign Assets Control", "date": "2026-10-28", "url": "https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20261028" } ], "api_url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/api/v1/stories/ofac-sanctions-north-korea-it-worker-network-russia.json", "cite_as": "The Veil Press, Treasury Sanctions 10 People and One Entity Tied to North Korean IT Worker Schemes, Many Based in Russia, https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/ofac-sanctions-north-korea-it-worker-network-russia/", "license": { "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/", "terms": "Free to read, quote and republish in full with credit to The Veil Press and a link back to the story URL (CC BY-ND 4.0). No key, no fee.", "details": "https://www.theveilpress.com/reuse" }, "book": { "title": "The Veil of the Square Mile", "series": "The Veil, Vol. I", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/library/veil/", "kindle_url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9ZTS8JL", "pitch": "The history behind the headlines: how the City of London Corporation built durable financial power. Volume I, from the publisher of these stories." } }, { "slug": "white-house-first-million-barrels-venezuela-oil-texas", "headline": "White House Says First Million Barrels From Venezuela Oil Deal Reached Corpus Christi", "dek": "President Trump marked the shipment at a Corpus Christi rally on October 27. The White House says the oil cost taxpayers nothing and will lower pump prices; those claims have not been independently confirmed.", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/white-house-first-million-barrels-venezuela-oil-texas/", "published": "2026-10-28T13:10:59.860Z", "updated": null, "status": "published", "section": "archive", "summary": "The White House says the first million barrels of oil from the Venezuela deal arrived in Corpus Christi, Texas, on October 27 and will be refined in Texas.", "tags": [ "Energy", "Oil", "Venezuela", "Texas" ], "image": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/og/white-house-first-million-barrels-venezuela-oil-texas.jpg", "image_alt": "Illustration of an oil tanker docked at a Gulf Coast refinery", "sources": [ { "n": 1, "type": "primary", "title": "President Trump Announces Arrival of First One Million Barrels of Oil in Texas Thanks to Historic Oil Deal", "outlet": "The White House", "date": "2026-10-28", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/10/president-trump-announces-arrival-of-first-one-million-barrels-of-oil-in-texas-thanks-to-historic-oil-deal/" }, { "n": 2, "type": "reported", "title": "Trump highlights oil shipments, backs Paxton at Corpus Christi rally", "outlet": "KXXV", "date": "2026-10-27", "url": "https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/trump-highlights-oil-shipments-backs-paxton-at-corpus-christi-rally" } ], "api_url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/api/v1/stories/white-house-first-million-barrels-venezuela-oil-texas.json", "cite_as": "The Veil Press, White House Says First Million Barrels From Venezuela Oil Deal Reached Corpus Christi, https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/white-house-first-million-barrels-venezuela-oil-texas/", "license": { "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/", "terms": "Free to read, quote and republish in full with credit to The Veil Press and a link back to the story URL (CC BY-ND 4.0). 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The same meeting heard a warning that South Sudan's elections risk a wider war.", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/myanmar-conflict-death-toll-passes-100000-un/", "published": "2026-10-28T01:40:18.104Z", "updated": null, "status": "published", "section": "archive", "summary": "More than 100,000 conflict-related deaths have occurred in Myanmar since the coup, most of them civilians, the UN expert Kelley Anne Eckels-Currie told a UN committee on October 27, 2026.", "tags": [ "Myanmar", "United Nations", "Human Rights" ], "image": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/og/myanmar-conflict-death-toll-passes-100000-un.jpg", "image_alt": "Illustration of an empty assembly hall with desks and microphones", "sources": [ { "n": 1, "type": "primary", "title": "Myanmar's Conflict Death Toll Surpasses 100,000, Third Committee Hears, as South Sudan's Elections Risk Triggering War (GA/SHC/4451)", "outlet": "UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases", "date": "2026-10-27", "url": "https://press.un.org/en/2026/ga/shc4451.doc.htm" }, { "n": 2, "type": "primary", "title": "Third Committee, 29th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 81st session", "outlet": "UN Transcripts", "date": "2026-10-27", "url": "https://transcripts.un.org/en/ga/c3/81/29" } ], "api_url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/api/v1/stories/myanmar-conflict-death-toll-passes-100000-un.json", "cite_as": "The Veil Press, UN Expert Tells General Assembly Committee Myanmar Conflict Deaths Have Passed 100,000 Since the Coup, https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/myanmar-conflict-death-toll-passes-100000-un/", "license": { "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/", "terms": "Free to read, quote and republish in full with credit to The Veil Press and a link back to the story URL (CC BY-ND 4.0). No key, no fee.", "details": "https://www.theveilpress.com/reuse" }, "book": { "title": "The Veil of the Square Mile", "series": "The Veil, Vol. I", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/library/veil/", "kindle_url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9ZTS8JL", "pitch": "The history behind the headlines: how the City of London Corporation built durable financial power. Volume I, from the publisher of these stories." } }, { "slug": "doj-survey-violent-crime-falls-2025", "headline": "Federal Victimization Survey Shows 25% Drop in Serious Violent Crime Rate in 2025, Preliminary Estimates Say", "dek": "The Bureau of Justice Statistics' preliminary 2025 estimates show the rate of violent crime excluding simple assault fell 25% and property victimization fell 19%. Final figures are due in 2027.", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/doj-survey-violent-crime-falls-2025/", "published": "2026-10-28T01:40:15.708Z", "updated": null, "status": "published", "section": "archive", "summary": "The rate of violent crime excluding simple assault fell 25%, from 9.9 to 7.4 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, between 2024 and 2025, preliminary Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates show.", "tags": [ "Crime", "Justice", "Data" ], "image": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/og/doj-survey-violent-crime-falls-2025.jpg", "image_alt": "Illustration of a quiet suburban street at dusk with a survey form on a step", "sources": [ { "n": 1, "type": "primary", "title": "Preliminary Victimization Estimates from the NCVS, 2025", "outlet": "Bureau of Justice Statistics", "date": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/preliminary-victimization-estimates-ncvs-2025" }, { "n": 2, "type": "primary", "title": "National Crime Victimization Survey Shows Violent Crime Plummeted in 2025", "outlet": "U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs", "date": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-crime-victimization-survey-shows-violent-crime-plummeted-2025" }, { "n": 3, "type": "primary", "title": "NEW SURVEY: President Trump Delivers Historic Drop in Violent Crime", "outlet": "The White House", "date": "2026-10-27", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/10/new-survey-president-trump-delivers-historic-drop-in-violent-crime/" } ], "api_url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/api/v1/stories/doj-survey-violent-crime-falls-2025.json", "cite_as": "The Veil Press, Federal Victimization Survey Shows 25% Drop in Serious Violent Crime Rate in 2025, Preliminary Estimates Say, https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/doj-survey-violent-crime-falls-2025/", "license": { "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/", "terms": "Free to read, quote and republish in full with credit to The Veil Press and a link back to the story URL (CC BY-ND 4.0). 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No sentencing date or penalty is given in the release.", "url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/american-woman-convicted-isis-military-training-syria/", "published": "2026-10-28T01:16:49.166Z", "updated": null, "status": "published", "section": "archive", "summary": "A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Halima Salman, 27, a U.S. citizen, of receiving military-type training from ISIS in Syria, the Department of Justice said on October 27, 2026.", "tags": [ "Justice", "Terrorism", "National Security" ], "image": "https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/og/american-woman-convicted-isis-military-training-syria.jpg", "image_alt": "Illustration of a federal courthouse facade beside brass scales", "sources": [ { "n": 1, "type": "primary", "title": "American Woman Convicted of Receiving Military Training From ISIS in Syria", "outlet": "U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs", "date": "2026-10-27", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/american-woman-convicted-receiving-military-training-isis-syria" } ], "api_url": "https://www.theveilpress.com/api/v1/stories/american-woman-convicted-isis-military-training-syria.json", "cite_as": "The Veil Press, Brooklyn Jury Convicts American Woman of Receiving Military-Type Training From ISIS in Syria, https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/american-woman-convicted-isis-military-training-syria/", "license": { "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/", "terms": "Free to read, quote and republish in full with credit to The Veil Press and a link back to the story URL (CC BY-ND 4.0). 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