McGrath was removed from her role Wednesday evening. First Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Haden will be acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California.

Two weeks before Donald Trump was inaugurated, McGrath highlighted her office's role in prosecuting January 6 riot defendants.

The White House has terminated San Diego-area U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said Wednesday. McGrath was nominated by former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.

The incident did not impact the airport's operations since the ordnance did not have the capability to explode, the Port says.

In a surprising discovery, construction workers at San Diego International Airport unearthed what they believe to be "an old, inert hand grenade" in the area of Terminal 1, a spokesperson for the Port of San Diego confirmed Thursday afternoon.