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Trump's Justice Department killed a criminal pollution investigation into the coal empire of Republican Senator Jim Justice, a close Trump ally.
Career prosecutors believed the case was strong
Source: ProPublica
June 8, 2026
New Mexico confirms its first New World screwworm case in 60 years as the flesh-eating parasite spreads beyond Texas.
Outbreak could cost billions, raise beef prices
Source: Source New Mexico
June 8, 2026
Federal appeals court calls Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method intolerably cruel but lets Thursday's execution proceed.
Inmate requested firing squad instead
Source: USA Today
June 8, 2026
Salt Lake City and county sue to stop ICE from turning an 830,000-square-foot warehouse into a 10,000-bed detention center.
ICE wrote "TBD" on water-needs form
Source: The Utah News Dispatch
June 8, 2026
Trump says he scheduled a meeting with major AI companies about the government taking equity stakes, but the firms say no one told them.
Would partially nationalize the industry
Source: NOTUS
June 8, 2026
Border czar Homan vows the largest ICE deployment New York City has ever seen after Hochul signs immigrant-protection laws.
https://go.govbrief.today/homan-nyc
Source: The Hill
June 8, 2026
