A federal judge ruled that Trump-appointed prosecutor Bill Essayli is not legally serving in Los Angeles, prompting the Justice Department to appeal the decision.
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Department of Justice says it intends to appeal as administration tries to keep president’s ally Bill Essayli in officeSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.A federal judge has ruled that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top US prosecutor in Los Angeles.Faced with widespread voter discontent over the spike in oil prices since he attacked Iran, Donald Trump staged his rally in Corpus Christi, Texas on Tuesday alongside a vast oil tanker, the Angerona, which, the president said, had just arrived from Venezuela bearing a personal gift for him: a million barrels of oil.A senior State Department official told the Associated Press that the US will “will issue visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States”.In his remarks to supporters in Lubbock, Texas, Trump attacked James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate, for having shown compassion for transgender children who demonstrated for their rights at the Texas state capitol in 2023.Trump lied that “our gasoline prices are lower than when Barack Hussein Obama – our oil prices, gasoline, lower than they were with Obama”. Continue reading...
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