US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont near Canada

(AP) — Authorities on Tuesday are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agent David Maland was killed following a traffic stop. The acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the agent was killed Monday in the line of duty. The injured suspect was taken into custody. Vermont State Police said the shots were fired on Interstate 91 in Coventry. Coventry is close to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Newport Station.

More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Arbery’s death

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Officials have summoned more than 200 potential jurors to a Georgia courthouse where a former prosecutor will stand trial on charges she meddled with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of Jackie Johnson, with the judge dismissing 15 potential jurors after they were questioned by attorneys. One said the former Glynn County district attorney had “let convicted murderers go.” Another called the case against Johnson a “witch hunt.” Johnson was in office when Arbery was chased by white men in pickup trucks and fatally shot. Johnson is charged with violating her oath and hindering the police investigation.

White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges. The two Americans freed in the swap, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered before Biden left office on Monday, according to a Trump administration official who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul said the two U.S. citizens had been exchanged for Khan Mohammed, who was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2008.

States sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

(AP) — Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he talked about during the presidential campaign. But whether it succeeds is far from certain as attorneys general in 22 states and two cities challenged the order in court on Tuesday, seeking to block the president.6

Trump moves to revoke clearances of ex-intel officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his administration will move to revoke the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.” The action is an early indication of Trump’s determination to exact retribution on perceived adversaries and is the latest point of tension between Trump and an intelligence community of which he has been openly disdainful.