The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights unit asked a federal judge in Kentucky to sentence the former Louisville police officer who was convicted in the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor to one day in jail. It was a significant reversal for a unit that spent years investigating and prosecuting the case in an effort to address racial disparities in policing.

The officer, Brett Hankison, who was found guilty last year of violating Taylor’s civil rights for firing several nonfatal shots through her window, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. The judge will consider the government’s request at a sentencing scheduled for next week.

The official who submitted the request, Harmeet Dhillon, is a longtime Republican leader who was appointed to the role by President Trump. She suggested in her filing that the Biden administration’s prosecution of the former officer was excessive.

In other Trump administration news:

• The president was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common vein condition, after he sought medical care for swelling in his legs. Read the letter from Trump’s doctor.

• Current and former staff members said there was a pervasive fear inside inspectors general offices after Trump fired several watchdogs.

Congress is set to claw back billions for aid and public media

The House is planning to vote before the end of the week to approve a White House request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending. Early this morning, the Senate’s Republican majority narrowly approved the bill over the objections of two members of the party who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.