FBI seizes documents from Bolton's office; Judge makes history

On today's episode:

• FBI seized documents labeled classified from John Bolton's office.
• Former French President Sarkozy found guilty on key charge, acquitted of others in Libya case.
• South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license.
• Lice concerns rise as children return to school.
• A US lawmaker in China says there's 'a lot of work to do' to resolve trade conflict.
• Judge rejects ex-FBI agent's claim he was illegally fired for disparaging Trump in texts.
• Judge rules feds can't require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster money.
• Justice Department to try to charge ex-FBI Director James Comey, AP sources say.
• White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown.
• Trump snubs Biden with autopen photo on new Presidential Walk of Fame.
• Trump administration to hold back grants from NYC, Chicago, Fairfax schools over bathroom policies.
• 1 detainee killed and 2 others critically injured in Dallas ICE facility, Homeland Security says.
• Judge scolds Justice Department over public statements in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case.
• For the first time in nearly six decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the UN.
• Ukraine’s president says the world is in `the most destructive arms race in history’.
• Trump's Rose Garden Club A lavish new hangout for political allies and business elites.
• Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for southern Arizona congressional seat.
• Family of 1 of the 67 Washington plane crash victims sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines.
• Federal prosecutor says Travis Decker, wanted in the deaths of 3 daughters, is dead.
• Camp Mystic plans to reopen in Texas next summer, a year after floods killed 27.
• Xcel Energy will pay $640M to settle claims from Denver-area wildfire that burned 1,000 structures.
• US stocks slip again as Wall Street’s rally loses steam.
• Aaron Judge ties an MLB record with another 50-homer season, Cal Raleigh extends his majors’ lead with a milestone blast, the Phillies secure a postseason bye in a slugfest, a young star NFL QB nears a return from injury and a soccer icon punches his ticket back to the MLS playoffs.
• Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald headline 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame nominees.
• Skiing's governing body approves gender eligibility testing policy.
• Sister Jean, longtime Loyola Chicago chaplain and March Madness icon, retires at 106.
• China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut emissions.
• 23 miners rescued after 43 hours trapped in Colombian gold mine.
• Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and Philippines.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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