President Donald Trump on Wednesday swiftly fired the newly sworn-in U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, adding to the growing list of top federal prosecutors he has removed since the start of his second term.
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett made a rare appearance before Congress on Tuesday to appeal for a significant boost in the court’s security funding, as Kagan told lawmakers that threats against the justices were expected to increase by more than a third this year.
In Cracker Barrels and town squares, a group of judges and other civic leaders have raised alarms this week over a judiciary they consider under attack.
After burning through a list of big-name attorneys whose advice he often rejected, President Donald Trump has turned to a group of less-known civil litigators as his personal lawyers.
