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.
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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.
Police say a Utah man accused of stabbing a Muslim kiosk worker at Valley Fair Mall said he targeted the victim because of his religion. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times.
A pontoon boat carrying 19 people capsized and sank near Alcatraz Island, leaving one person dead and two missing. Sixteen people were rescued as crews searched San Francisco Bay with boats, divers and helicopters.
Mahmoud Khalil sued senior Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups, alleging a coordinated effort to target and deport him over his pro-Palestinian advocacy. The White House denied wrongdoing and said Khalil misrepresented information in his immigration application.