Day: February 14, 2025

European leaders reeled Friday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance lambasted the continent’s democratic institutions.

Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office’s corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Sassoon wrote in her letter obtained by The Associated Press that the directive to drop the charges issued by Bove would violate her sworn duty to uphold the law. Sassoon did not return a message seeking comment.

A storm arriving in southern Maine on Saturday, just two days after a combination rain-and-snow storm swept through the area, is likely to bring another round of cold, wet weather.

The Interior Department manages around 500 million acres of U.S. public lands, including its national parks, and also administers the country’s onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing programs – source of around a quarter of U.S. oil production. One of the sources said the layoffs include around 800 people from the Bureau of Land Management, which manages millions of federally-owned acres for uses ranging from oil and gas development to timber harvesting, cultural preservation and recreation. The Interior Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.