News for April 3, 2025

Ed Martin’s bid to become the permanent U.S. attorney in Washington is facing strong pushback from former prosecutors and Senate Democrats, who say his conduct and loyalty to Donald Trump make him unfit for the job.

Judge James Boasberg said there is a strong chance the government broke his order on deportation flights and said he may start contempt proceedings.

Naomi Elkins was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the deaths of her two young daughters in New Jersey.

A San Diego jury awarded former police officer Ashley Cummins $10 million after finding her former employer liable for harassment and discrimination.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s HHS has pulled back vaccine funding, weakening the systems that help states deliver childhood shots and respond to outbreaks.

Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s nominee for top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., told senators about his work defending Jan. 6 rioters as his confirmation faces sharp criticism.

Tufts University is urging a federal judge to free student Rümeysa Öztürk after immigration officials arrested her on a Massachusetts street and moved her to detention in Louisiana.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent after his federal corruption case was dismissed.

Mayor Eric Adams said he will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent in New York City’s mayoral race.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported from Maryland to an El Salvador prison, sparking outrage and a legal fight over whether the U.S. must bring him back.

A Boston federal judge weighed where Rumeysa Ozturk’s detention case should be heard as the Tufts Ph.D. student fights her ICE transfer to Louisiana and seeks release.

Attorney General Letitia James said an Upstate New York officer will not face criminal charges after fatally shooting 13-year-old Nyah Mway, ruling prosecutors could not prove the shooting was unjustified.

Tufts University is backing student Rumeysa Ozturk and asking for her immediate release after her detention by the Department of Homeland Security.

Prosecutors in D.C. dropped the assault charge against James McIntyre, the man Rep. Nancy Mace accused of grabbing her arm at the Capitol.

Authorities in North Carolina say Shana Cloud killed and dismembered her husband, retired Green Beret Clinton Bonnell, after he told her he wanted a divorce.

Federal prosecutors, under Pam Bondi and Donald Trump’s death-penalty policy, will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.