Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Justice Department after submitting a report to the attorney general on President-elect Donald Trump, according to court documents filed in federal court. The move had been expected.

A full-scale firefighting effort stretched into Saturday in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, as the wildfire there expanded into an additional 1,000 acres overnight with residents warned of potential worsening weather conditions over the next 72 hours that could further stoke the blaze.