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A US judge has declined to revisit a ruling that quashed the Department of Justice’s efforts to subpoena Jay Powell, in the latest setback for prosecutors in the criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve chair.

James Boasberg, a DC District Court judge nominated by former US President Barack Obama, on Friday declined a motion from Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for the District of Columbia, to reconsider his decision to block subpoenas issued by her office.

“The standard for reconsideration is a demanding one: the movant must show that there has been an intervening change in controlling law, new evidence, or a need to correct clear error or prevent manifest injustice,” Boasberg said.

“The Government’s arguments do not come close to convincing the Court that a different outcome is warranted,” he added.

Six books have been named finalists for the 2026 International Booker Prize. Formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize, this honor is presented annually for a work of fiction that was originally written in a language other than English, then translated into English and published in the U.K. and/or Ireland.

In a moment in which international relations are dominating news headlines around the globe, three of these shortlisted novels explore pivotal moments in world history: imperialist Japan-controlled Taiwan in the 1930s, Nazi-era Germany and the 1979 Revolution in Iran.

Nasa is preparing for the historic launch of its first lunar fly-around mission in more than 50 years. Training for the Artemis II mission began soon after the crew was named in 2023, according to the mission's chief training officer Jacki Mahaffey.

Much of training takes place in the Orion mission simulator at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where astronauts rehearse every phase of flight, run through possible contingencies, and practice communications with Mission Control.

The simulator replicates the look, feel and sounds of the real Orion spacecraft.

NASA continues to target Wednesday (April 1) for the launch of its Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon, and says teams are tracking zero technical issues leading up to the liftoff window.

That Artemis 2 launch window opens on Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2324 GMT) and extends for two hours. If the launch is delayed or scrubbed for any reason, there are more opportunities for liftoff through April 6. But still, NASA officials are voicing a high degree of confidence in the mission's chances of launching on the agency's massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on time. Notably, NASA completed a flight readiness review for the mission ahead of SLS' rollout to the pad on March 20, and has since flagged no issues or risk acceptances that need closing before clearing Artemis 2 to launch.