A Las Vegas man is now under federal indictment, accused of threatening to murder FBI Director Kash Patel, then allegedly being caught days later with a semiautomatic rifle while a fugitive. The case was kept quiet at first. Here is what the indictment alleges, what happened in court, and what comes next. The charges are allegations; he is presumed innocent.

A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against New York City’s sanctuary laws on Oct. 15. Judge Ramón E. Reyes Jr. ruled the government lacked standing to challenge the city’s limits on ICE detainers, found the information-sharing rules consistent with federal law, and held that two federal statutes, 8 U.S.C. 1373(a) and 1644, violate the Tenth Amendment. The government can appeal.

The Justice Department sued St. Paul and Portland on Oct. 15 over city laws that bar federal officers, including ICE agents, from wearing masks and require them to display ID. DOJ says the rules violate the Supremacy Clause, and its Portland complaint quotes the city’s own attorney warning the law would likely be held unconstitutional. The cities have not yet responded in court.