Border Patrol

chief resigning

(AP) — The head of U.S. Border Patrol has announced his resignation. Michael Banks’ decision is the latest leadership shake-up of officials implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

His move also and comes as the Trump administration appears to be recalibrating its approach. Banks tells Fox News that he feels he’s stabilized an agency that’s heavily involved in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement.

The White House hasn’t commented on the resignation. Banks’ departure coincides with leadership changes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is also leaving.

‘VIP snorkel’

revealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. The FBI didn’t publicize the excursion or Patel’s return to Hawaii after official visits to Australia and New Zealand.

With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona. The battleship is now a military cemetery reachable only by boat. It has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank the ship in 1941.

A Navy spokesperson confirms the outing but says the service wasn’t able to track down who initiated it.

Glossip

granted bond

(AP) — An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial. Judge Natalie Mai on Thursday set bond for Richard Glossip in the amount of $500,000. Glossip must wear an electronic monitoring device and will not be allowed to travel outside Oklahoma. He also must not contact any witnesses in the case, or consume any drugs or alcohol.

The decision paves the way for the 63-year-old Glossip to be freed for the first time in nearly 30 years. Glossip has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 murder-for-hire killing of his former boss.

Tennessee

man charged

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder and is known for posting racist videos is charged with attempted murder. Dalton Eatherly posted audio to social media on Wednesday admitting to shooting a man who he says hit him.

He says the shooting was self-defense. Eatherly also notes that he shot himself in the arm. Eatherly, who is white, posts videos to social media where he tries to provoke Black passersby by using racial slurs and racist dog whistles.

He has claimed it is free speech, but the fact that he also openly carries a pistol could make it a crime under Tennessee law.