Huntington Beach’s city attorney joins Trump’s Justice Department
WASHINGTON — Michael Gates, Huntington Beach’s city attorney for the last decade and tireless antagonist of the state’s liberal politics, has joined the U.S. Department of Justice’s…
USAID staff turned away from offices even after court suspends leave order
WASHINGTON — Officials and federal officers turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters, after…
Was Sen. Cassidy’s deal with RFK Jr. to protect vaccines a mistake?
In the days leading up to a pivotal vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become America’s top heath official, all eyes were focused…
Judge blocks Elon Musk’s team from Treasury Department records
Watch: Ros Atkins on... Musk, Doge and the US governmentA federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal…
Judge blocks Musk from accessing Treasury Department material
A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s team from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank…
Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarm over borrowers’ personal information
WASHINGTON — Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising concerns about…
Justice Department says it won’t release names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Trump’s administration examines the investigations…
Trump administration sues Chicago in crackdown on sanctuary cities
CHICAGO — The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday, alleging that sanctuary laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. The lawsuit,…
Federal workers debate legitimacy of financial incentives to quit as deadline nears
WASHINGTON — Thousands of miles from Elon Musk’s office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is wondering whether to quit.Musk,…
U.S. Treasury Department sanctions network shipping Iranian oil to China
The Treasury Department Thursday imposed new sanctions on an international oil network it said ships hundreds of millions of dollars of Iranian oil to China.…
L.A. County hit with record lawsuits, many claiming child sex abuse
Los Angeles County was hit with a record number of lawsuits last year, with spending on outside attorneys ballooning to defend against a deluge of…
Senate panel backs Kennedy’s nomination as health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the sprawling federal bureaucracy responsible for the healthcare of millions of Americans, received the backing of…
USAID workers told to stay home, office shut as Musk pushes for department to be axed
Elon Musk on Monday said that the United States Agency for International Development was in the process of being shutdown as workers were instructed to…
USAID chiefs on leave after not giving Musk team classified info, officials say
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified…
Sources: Musk’s group gets access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
WASHINGTON — The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Trump’s billionaire advisor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social…
Justice Department sues to block Hewlett Packard acquisition of Juniper
The Department of Justice sued Thursday to block the $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company acquisition of wireless tech competitor Juniper Networks. File photo by…
LAPD captain claims she saw cops slam teen — then faced union’s wrath
The incident that put Los Angeles police Capt. Silvia Sanchez on a collision course with the union for more than 8,000 rank-and-file cops began with…
CDC scrubs research databases referencing sexual orientation and gender identity
Websites on HPV vaccinations, data on high schoolers’ health habits, information on programs to end violence against women and girls: all began disappearing from government…
Trump’s orders have upended immigration. What legal routes remain?
Promising the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a dramatic series of executive orders and…
Justice Department moves to end appeal of classified documents case against Trump co-defendants
U.S. News // 15 hours ago Trump administration offers 'deferred resignations' to federal workers Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is offering eight-month "deferred…