Nora Rahm

Lindsay Halligan has left the position as U.S.

attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

A federal judge had ruled she had been improperly placed in the job.

which ended the attempted prosecutions of former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Halligan had worked as President Trump's personal lawyer and had no experience as a prosecutor.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm.

A U.S.

official confirms that as many as 1,500 active duty troops in Alaska are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota.

President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send troops to the state to deal with protests in Minneapolis over immigration enforcement.

Mayor Jacob Fry told ABC's This Week his city will not be intimidated.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Fry and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on whether their public statements have interfered with law enforcement.

Fry calls this deeply concerning that as mayor he has the responsibility to speak on behalf of his constituents.

Members of the European Union held an emergency meeting in Brussels today.

They're increasingly alarmed about President Trump's heightened rhetoric about taking Greenland and imposing new tariffs on European allies.

If a deal to accomplish that doesn't happen.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

Eleanor Beersley, NPR News, Paris.

Homebuilders are feeling pessimistic.

A survey by the National Homebuilders Association in Wells Fargo found builder confidence was down in January.