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Prosecutors Reduce Felony Charge Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  The New York Times Alleged DC sandwich thrower charged with a misdemeanor after grand jury rejects felony indictment  CNN Prosecutors fail to secure indictment against man accused of throwing sandwich at CBP agent: Sources  ABC News D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge  The Washington Post Man who …

Jim O’Neill has been chosen to serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source familiar with the matter confirmed Thursday — one day after the CDC’s Senate-confirmed leader was ousted. A former tech investor, O’Neill currently serves as deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, working under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. CBS …

MINNEAPOLIS — While a motive in the Annunciation Catholic School mass shooting remains under investigation, police said they’ve confirmed that Robin Westman, the 23-year-old suspect, had attended the school, and Westman’s mother previously worked in the parish. Police determined that Westman “harbored a whole lot of hate towards a wide variety of people and groups of people,” and also “had …

SEATTLE (AP) — Two firefighters who were part of a 44-person crew fighting a wildland blaze on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula were taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a multiagency criminal investigation into the two contractors they worked for, federal authorities said Thursday. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management asked the Border Patrol to help check the …

Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon  Oregon Capital Chronicle Secretary Rollins Opens Next Step in the Roadless Rule Rescission  USDA (.gov) Trump administration argues that more roads would help against wildfires  NPR Sam Houston Forest to lose road and logging prohibitions once feds kill rule  Houston Chronicle Trump administration advances plan to reverse federal rule …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Memphis, Tennessee AP  —  A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased against the men. U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman issued the order …

The Trump administration is preparing to launch major immigration enforcement operations in Chicago next week employing tactics that sparked protests in Los Angeles, sources tell CBS News.     Two senior DHS officials confirmed the administration is preparing to expand immigration arrest operations mirroring the activations in Los Angeles in the spring. The operations could start as soon as Sept. 5, …

White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director  The Washington Post CDC crisis triggered by upcoming vaccine meeting, leading to director’s firing and resignations  NBC News ‘Hopeless’: CDC staff in turmoil amid Trump administration’s effort to oust director  ABC News Fired CDC director Dr Susan Monarez says RFK ‘weaponising public health’  BBC Chaos inside CDC prompts massive staff walkout  Axios Source link

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The City of Philadelphia is using $135 million to help SEPTA restore bus lines most used by school students. The money comes from a transit subsidy in the city’s 2026 budget and will allow SEPTA to restore routes that were impacted by service cuts. The routes will go back into service on Tuesday and help ease overcrowding …

President Donald Trump is setting his design preferences as the standard for how federal buildings should look. An executive order Trump signed on Thursday sets classical architecture buildings, including the White House and the Capitol, as the “preferred and default” style for most federal buildings. Trump’s executive order on “Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again” singles out brutalist and modernist architecture …