The U.S. Justice Department faced another setback in efforts to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James, when a federal judge quashed subpoenas seeking information about two cases her office pursued,

The Manhattan district attorney's office says a federal judge should once again reject President Donald Trump's attempt to move his criminal hush money case into federal court because the accusation of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to silence a porn actress was "based on wholly private, unofficial conduct."

The order came this week in a lawsuit filed in April against Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other officials.

Trump could still go through the normal process and nominate Sarcone to be U.S. attorney. But U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has said he will use his authority to hold up all Justice Department political nominees in protest of Trump accepting a private jet from the government of Qatar.

A federal judge has allowed four New Hampshire residents to join a legal fight with the Trump administration over access to the state’s voter file.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and 21 other states sued the Trump administration, claiming $120 million in funding in Washington has been put at risk.