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Mangione also spoke out in court in protest of the date, telling the judge, quote, it's the same trial twice, double jeopardy by any common sense definition.

He has pleaded not guilty to both state and federal charges at the December 2024 death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was gunned down outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

In New York City, Tanya J. Powers, Fox News.

Reporting from the L.A.

Times says Mayor Karen Bass watered down the Palisades Fire After Action Report, citing sources that say she wanted sections removed to reduce the chance of legal risk to the city.

L.A.

Fire Chief Jaime Moore, who took over the department in November, said last month that the report was edited to reduce criticism of the LAFD's leadership.

Bass's office has rejected the claims, saying in a statement, quote, Mayor Bass reviewed an early draft of the report and only asked the LAFD to check the accuracy on issues like weather and budget, saying she and her staff made no changes.

Tanya J. Powers, Fox News.

Immigration authorities are demanding employment records from a sheriff's department in Maine.

Weeks after Cumberland County Maine Sheriff Kevin Joyce criticized ICE agents for arresting one of his guards, his department is now the target of a federal investigation.

ICE served the county with a subpoena on January 23rd, two days after ICE arrested corrections officer Emmanuel Landila, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Joyce said they wanted information about everyone who has worked at the jail since January 2025.

That's when Landila, an Angolan immigrant, was hired.

He said last month that the guard had passed multiple background checks for the job and had a work permit.

ICE removed detainees it had been housing at the jail with a spokesperson saying it could no longer partner with a jail that employed an undocumented immigrant.

Tanya J. Powers, Fox News.

President Trump wants Harvard to pay a billion-dollar settlement to restore federal funding.

It came just hours after The New York Times reported that he had dropped his administration's demand for a $200 million payment to the U.S.

government.