A federal appeals court has sharply limited an Atlanta family’s effort to recover damages from the government over a mistaken 2017 FBI raid on their home, holding that their claims against the United States cannot proceed to trial even as claims against the lead agent personally may continue.

The ruling is significant because it draws a familiar but still consequential line in federal civil-rights litigation: suing the government itself is often far harder than suing an individual officer, and sometimes impossible, even when the underlying facts involve an acknowledged error.

The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a fresh enforcement push against senior leaders of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, pairing new criminal charges with reward offers in a coordinated action involving DOJ, DEA, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, IRS-CI, CBP, and other agencies.

The Justice Department announced on June 16, 2026, that five men were arrested and charged in federal court in connection with an alleged conspiracy to attack and kill government officials and other attendees at a UFC event hosted at the White House. According to prosecutors, the alleged scheme went well beyond inflammatory rhetoric: the government says it involved coordinated planning, weapons procurement, and activity spanning multiple states.

Even at the charging stage, the case stands out for both the alleged target and the theory of prosecution.

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against Cole Tomas Allen in a case alleging attempted assassination of the president and assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Even at the indictment stage, the matter immediately stands out as one of the most consequential federal criminal prosecutions in the current news cycle, both because of the alleged target and because of the extraordinary security, evidentiary, and public-interest issues that typically accompany charges of this magnitude.

The case, styled United States v. Cole Tomas Allen, is significant not simply for the severity of the allegations, but for the procedural and strategic questions it is likely to raise as it moves forward.