WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nominating his former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove, who as a high-ranking Justice Department official was behind the controversial move to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, to become a federal appeals court judge.

The latest Trump administration inquiry appears to focus on a competitor entered in this weekend’s state track and field championships.

An appeal that landed at the Supreme Court Tuesday could test the justices’ emerging concern about President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation policies and whether he is willing to defy judicial orders.

"Rest assured that I am committed to bringing North Carolina into compliance with federal law,” Executive Director of NCSBE Sam Hayes said.

Fresh off a state Supreme Court race getting settled half a year after the election, the North Carolina State Board of Elections has been sued by the United States of America. The Department of Justice filed the litigation on Tuesday in the U.

A 20-year-old Honduran national living illegally in Corpus Christi has been convicted of unlawful firearm possession after a DUI crash. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

The DOJ claims the state violated the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) by using a state voter registration form that did not require a voter to provide identifying information such as a driver’s license or last four digits of a social security number.

After failing to secure confirmation as the top US attorney in Washington, DC, Ed Martin is now actively serving in multiple new roles inside the Justice Department that give him even more power to punish President Donald Trump’s adversaries and reward his supporters.