Lawyers for the man accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan said the attorney general was putting “partisan politics over justice.”

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A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.

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The A.T.F. has been hit by the departure of key career officials, the diversion of agents from core duties to immigration enforcement and from what amounts to a campaign of indifference.

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State and federal prosecutors have both accused Mr. Mangione of killing a health insurance executive. Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing aggressively for capital punishment.

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They may be even more serious than the one we’ve been focused on.

The billionaire was set to be briefed on the military’s closely guarded playbooks on China, raising new questions about his power and access.