A federal court appointed Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s choice for US attorney for the Southern District of New York, to serve in that position as his interim term was set to expire, making him the president’s first significant US attorney appointment that has gone unchallenged.

Times Square in central Manhattan was evacuated on Monday afternoon following a bomb threat. Officers rushed to the famous area, crossed by millions of tourists and locals every day, on August 18 following reports of a suspicious package.