Garcia freed from

Tennessee jail

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jail release order from a Tennessee court requires Kilmar Abrego Garcia to travel directly to Maryland, where he’ll be in home detention with his brother as his custodian.

Abrego Garcia is required to submit to electronic monitoring and can leave the home only for work, religious services and other approved activities. An attorney says Abrego Garcia has been “reunited with his loving family” for the first time since he was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March.

The Salvadoran national’s case became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. In June, Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. but was immediately detained on human smuggling charges. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys want the case dismissed.

Ghislaine Maxwell

transcripts released

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump. That’s according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from the disgraced financer.

The Trump administration issued hundreds of pages of transcripts from interviews Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Ghislaine Maxwell last month.

The administration has scrambled to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose records from the sex-trafficking case. The transcripts show Maxwell repeatedly praising Trump and denying she had observed him engaged in any form of sexual behavior.

FBI searches

Bolton’s home

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has searched the Maryland home and Washington office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter Friday.

The person was not authorized to discuss the investigation by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The person says Bolton was not detained and has not been charged with any crimes. Messages left with a spokesperson for Bolton haven’t been returned.

Bolton served as President Donald Trump’s third national security adviser and clashed with him over Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea. Trump says he doesn’t want to know about the searches.

Texas Democrats

prepare resistance

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats are preparing their final show of resistance against a mid-decade redraw of the state’s congressional map. Democratic state Sen. Carol Alvarado said on social media that she planned to speak well into Friday evening to block the map from final passage.

The filibuster would follow hours of debate as Democrats argue the new map violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting racial voter influence. California Democrats responded to the Texas effort by passing legislation Thursday for a special election to approve their own redrawn map.

The moves are part of a broader redistricting battle among states. Both parties are redrawing lines to secure power ahead of the midterms.