A federal judge ruled Thursday that police in the nation's capital illegally seized a gun from a man they stopped outside a laundromat, blasting the officers' account as unreliable and sharply criticizing Justice Department prosecutors for relying on testimony from an officer who has been discredited by other judges.

The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff, including the potential involvement of people who claimed to be acting at the behest or direction of two Trump administration officials who have been pushing the probe of the California Democrat, according to a document reviewed by The Associated Press.

Only 776 of the more than 10,000 air traffic controllers who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive the $10,000 bonuses that President Donald Trump suggested because the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that only controllers with perfect attendance will get the checks.

A day after the Justice Department acknowledged to a federal judge that the full grand jury had not reviewed the final indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney overseeing the case abruptly reversed herself, insisting Thursday that the panel properly approved the charges as she tried to contain the fallout from earlier statements that risked imperiling the prosecution.

Senators will not be able to personally profit from a new law allowing them to sue the government for damages if their phone records are accessed for a federal investigation without their knowledge.

U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan on Thursday lashed out at a federal judge who has been picking apart her criminal case against former FBI Director James B. Comey.