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Mexican Governor, Accused by U.S. of Helping Cartel, Returns to His Job

After U.S. prosecutors accused Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, he said he would step down to focus on his defense. On Friday, he declared he was back and faced much criticism.

© Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press

Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, during an annual earthquake drill in Culiacán, Mexico, in 2024.
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A Few Expert Lawyers Dominate Supreme Court Arguments, a New Study Finds

Chief Justice Roberts, once such a lawyer, has said he has mixed feelings about the trend.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Chief Justice John Roberts argued 39 Supreme Court cases as a lawyer in the solicitor general’s office and in private practice.
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Trump Officials Ignored Their Own University Investigations, Lawyer Says

A former Justice Department lawyer says Trump administration leaders ignored findings that elite schools, including Brown and Columbia, hadn’t broken the law as they pressed them into deals.

© Tony Luong for The New York Times

Brown University campus in Providence, R.I. The whistle-blower said government lawyers had found the university committed no violations.
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Family Presses for Information About Fatal ICE Shooting in Maine

The Department of Homeland Security said there would be an investigation. But so far little has been disclosed about the killing last month.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian immigrant, was killed by a federal agent on July 13 in Biddeford, Maine.
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Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Strategy of Picking U.S. Attorneys

It was the second federal appellate decision to take issue with the administration’s custom of leaving interim prosecutors in place to lead U.S. attorney’s offices to circumvent congressional approval.

© Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington.
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