Trump administration relaxes rules around political events for Blanche, other Senate-approved DOJ appointees
The Department of Justice is making it easier for Attorney General Todd Blanche and other Senate-confirmed DOJ appointees to participate in political activities, according to a new internal memo obtained by PBS News.
The foreign ministers of eight US allies, including Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, have criticized the Trump administration's sanctions on the International Criminal Court. According to Haaretz, they warned that if implemented, the sanctions would have a significant impact on the Court's work, its dedicated staff, and their families.
There is no further information in the reports about the sanctions or the allies' criticisms.
The reports also mention unrelated news, including the Trump administration's temporary lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel, with President Donald Trump announcing that Russia had agreed to release large quantities of the fuel. However, this news is not directly related to the criticism of sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
Brief written by urgent.news from Haaretz, Politico EU, Global News, PBS NewsHour — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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