The Marines and sailors being sent to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean are part of a growing effort to combat drug cartels, reports CNN. The military build-up is primarily a show of force for now, officials said, but would give President Trump options if he decides to target the cartels. Last weekend, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the president’s reported plan to use the U.S. military against drug cartels in Mexico.

A federal judge is hearing Washington's request for a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the city's police department. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes indicated the law likely doesn’t allow the Trump administration power to fully take over city police, but it probably does give the president more power than the city might like. The District of Columbia's attorney general filed the lawsuit Friday after Attorney General Pam Bondi named an emergency police commissioner with all the powers of the police chief.

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 200 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours. Rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people. Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in India’s Himalayan regions and Pakistan’s northern areas. Experts say cloudbursts have increased in recent years partly because of climate change, while damage from the storms also has increased because of unplanned development in mountain regions.

A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland found that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from educational institutions that continued with DEI initiatives. The guidance has been on hold since April when three federal judges blocked various portions of the anti-DEI measures.