Ally Heath

Trump administration officials terminated a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a West Virginia Republican and close ally of the president. The now-cancelled probe involved a joint effort by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice to determine if incessant Clean Water Act violations at Southern Coal mining operations constituted criminal behavior.

A suspect stabbed at least five people at Penn Station Sunday. A 51-year-old person experiencing homelessness was arrested in connection with the stabbing attack. As of late Monday, police had not filed formal charges against him. One of the people injured told ABC New York he saw “two people tussling” before the attacker “locked eyes” with him and struck him. The assault within the New Jersey Transit concourse in Penn Station, a section of the country’s busiest rail hub owned by Amtrak.

The Trump administration diverted at least $90 million in National Park Service entry fees to fund Washington, D.C., beautification projects, including a $1.6 million Fourth of July fireworks display and $76 million to repair city fountains, according to internal documents.