Justice Dept. to seek death penalty for Buffalo mass killer in racist grocery store attack in 2022, marking first new capital case authorized by AG Merrick Garland. wapo.st/3vySIvB

Scoop: Phoenix officials launched a campaign Thursday to block federal oversight of the city's police department 2 1/2 years into an ongoing misconduct investigation, setting up a potential court fight over control of the 2,600-officer force. wapo.st/4aVHQIj

From bullet holes to bloodstains: Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue weighs how to document the 2018 mass shooting for history washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

DOJ: Hardy Carroll Lloyd of WVa., self-avowed white supremacist, pleads guilty to charges of making online threats to witnesses and jurors in the federal trial this summer of the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter in Pittsburgh. Prosecutors seeking 78 months in prison for Lloyd.

New from DOJ: WVa. man who says he led a white supremacist movement is arrested on charges of sending threatening messages aimed at jurors and witnesses in trial of Robert Bowers, sentenced to death last week for 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue.

Six White former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” have pleaded guilty to federal charges for a racist assault in January on two Black men brutalized during a home raid. washingtonpost.com/national/2023/…

Not surprising but USWNT totally outclassing Vietnam in World Cup opener. Vietnam forced to collapse 11 players way back on their own half and can’t even muster a counter attack.

Breaking: Booz Allen Hamilton to pay $377 million to settle DOJ lawsuit for false charges to U.S. government over several years. Former Marine Corps officer who blew the whistle on the company will receive $70 million of the payout. w/⁦Aaron Gregg⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Two mass killers, two death penalty trials: DOJ enters endgame in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting case months after failing to win a death sentence for NYC bike path killer -- in first two capital trials under Merrick Garland. w/“Mark Berman” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

“My dad’s genes gave me my black hair, but his heritage and life history shaped his principles--and thus many of mine. That I spent years not truly knowing how he felt about his Asian American roots made me worry that I might never understand mine.” washingtonpost.com/archive/lifest…

A barista fought to unionize her Starbucks. Now she’s out of a job. ⁦Greg Jaffe⁩ washingtonpost.com/business/inter…

As AG Garland announces findings of federal investigation into Minneapolis police, a federal jury in Pittsburgh has reached verdict in DOJ prosecution of Robert Bowers in 2018 shooting at synagogue that killed 11. He could face death penalty if convicted in 63-count indictment.