Trump fired Roger Rogoff shortly after federal judges in Seattle appointed him U.S. attorney for western Washington. The move is part of a widening fight over temporary federal prosecutor appointments and Senate-confirmed vacancies.
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A Genoa court is set to deliver a first verdict in the Morandi bridge collapse trial, nearly eight years after 43 people were killed. Families of the victims are seeking accountability after years of hearings and competing claims over maintenance, design and responsibility.
Authorities searched 950 square nautical miles for three people missing after the Volare capsized near Alcatraz Island. One person, identified as 79-year-old Clifford Joseph Boisa, and a dog died, and 16 people were rescued.
Hong Kong police arrested five people after raids on two independent bookshops suspected of selling and displaying allegedly seditious publications. The operation is the third linked to local booksellers this year.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators a disputed $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead,” but bipartisan questions persisted over whether President Trump’s IRS settlement remains enforceable. His confirmation hearing also focused on his past work for Trump and the Justice Department’s handling of Epstein records.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with preparing terrorist acts over an alleged extreme right-wing plot to target two mosques in Sutton, south London. Police said there is no enduring or wider threat and no one else is being sought.
Trump urged ICE officers to keep using traffic stops, reversing a temporary pause announced after fatal shootings in Texas and Maine. Both men killed were unarmed and were not the intended targets of the operations, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
DAWN and the Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide sued the Trump administration, saying its ICC-related sanctions unlawfully chill Palestine-related advocacy. The lawsuit argues the measures violate the First Amendment and exceed presidential authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.