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The Trump administration sanctioned the ICC as an institution, barring US entities from transactions with it, including banking and software. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the aim is to defend US sovereignty, and warned the court must end its threats or be ended. The US had already sanctioned 17 ICC judges and officials. Some of the new measures take effect after a six-month grace period, which Washington says gives member states time to negotiate a solution. The ICC called the move an assault on the rule of law. The UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan and others expressed support for the court, while Israel's Netanyahu welcomed the sanctions. One legal expert warned that detainees, including Rodrigo Duterte, could eventually have to be released if the court cannot function.

Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia has been offered the White House press secretary job, a White House official confirmed to the BBC. She would be Trump's sixth chief spokesperson across his two administrations. Zacharia, 42, is a senior communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group and briefly served as a spokesperson at the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who left in August and has reportedly taken a job at Fox News. The BBC has asked Zacharia for comment.

The Trump administration is working to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. An Arizona judge said his deportation to a third country in Africa violated due process. The available details are limited. The move is a notable reversal in a case where a court found the government's process fell short.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended ICE officers who shot and wounded Oscar Belgal in Marble Hill while his five-year-old son was in the back seat. Officials say Belgal rammed two ICE vehicles and drove toward officers; Mullin said agents did not know the child was there. The boy was unharmed. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said masked agents in construction vests surrounded the car, and that he could not secure Belgal's release in talks with Trump and Mullin. Footage from the ICE agents has not been released. DHS cites Belgal's prior larceny conviction and arrests. Mullin says enforcement will not pause, and the number of officers who fired is under investigation.

Three Democratic-controlled cities asked the Supreme Court on Friday to revive a Biden-era immigration regulation. Texas sued over the rule in June. The same day, the Trump administration conceded it was unlawful, and a judge quickly entered an order halting its implementation. The cities accuse Texas and the administration of "egregious collusion." The request now goes to the justices.

The White House said Friday there was no conflict of interest after Trump's accounts bought more than $1 million in SpaceX debt. The purchase came two days before he signed an executive order on space transportation policy. The transaction appears in Trump's financial disclosure for August, published Thursday. The White House has not offered further detail in the material available.