Under its chief, Harmeet Dhillon, the civil rights division of the Justice Department has pushed hard to replenish the ranks of a unit that was once a magnet for top legal talent.

Frank Strada speaks at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville after an execution in August.

Jérôme Dupras, the bass player in Les Cowboys Fringants, one of Quebec’s most famous rock bands, was recently appointed as chief scientist of Quebec.

“When it happened, I was like, ‘Oh my God — it’s time,’” the conductor Elim Chan said of her appointment in San Francisco. “It is groundbreaking. It’s another ceiling broken.”

Ramzi Kassem, who once sued the New York Police Department for its surveillance of Muslim Americans, is now advising the mayor on police matters.

Susannah Flood, seated, and fellow cast members in “Liberation.”

Disney’s new chief executive, Josh D’Amaro, at Disneyland last year, when he was chairman of Disney experiences.

The ceremony in Baghdad on Monday at which Ali al-Zaidi was announced as prime minister-designate. The photograph was released by the president’s media office.

Kevin M. Warsh will be at a Senate hearing next week to consider him as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

Will Lewis, the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday.

Binance has offered a series of marketing promotions to encourage its customers to buy World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin.

President Trump has said anybody who disagrees with him will never get the top job at the Federal Reserve, prompting concern that his nominee will prioritize pleasing him over all else.

Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City at the old City Hall subway station early Thursday.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as New York City’s schools chancellor. He starts on Thursday.

Dan Bongino, the F.B.I. deputy director, at the Capitol last month.

Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko outside her office in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. She was appointed to the position by President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.