What has a 2018 law done to ‘Trump-proof’ California on immigration?
WASHINGTON — Two days after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, California state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León canceled a flight to Germany and called…
Trump administration targets bird flu and California law
As egg prices continue to skyrocket due to continuing outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, the U.S. secretary of Agriculture has announced a multipronged strategy to…
Trump targets law firm connected to ex-special counsel Jack Smith with executive order
President Donald Trump holds a hat reading "Trump was right about everything" after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in…
South Korea’s Yoon defends martial law bid at final impeachment trial hearing
1 of 8 | Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the final hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul…
Gore’s Efficiency Review Studies FBI-DEA Merger : Law: The panel also is considering creation of a single agency to manage nation’s borders. A lone U.S. anti-crime bureau is described as unlikely.
WASHINGTON — Sweeping changes in federal law enforcement, such as folding the Drug Enforcement Administration into the FBI or creating a single agency to manage the nation’s…
Search for missing Jenny Hall from Tow Law enters fourth day
Jason Arunn MurugesuBBC News, North East and CumbriaFamily handoutJenny Hall was last seen leaving her home on Tuesday afternoonThe search for a missing woman has…
Federal judge allows Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided he could not…
Trump’s claim that he can fire any official is unfounded
Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the Supreme…
Trump’s Napoleon quote fits his handling of the Eric Adams prosecution
The president of the United States posted a possibly apocryphal quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte on social media Saturday: “He who saves his Country…
Trump’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of firings
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyers alerted the Supreme Court over the weekend to what they called “an unprecedented assault on the separation of powers that warrants immediate…
Red states’ targeting of NY doctor over abortion pills is shield law test
DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the blue state’s shield law against the…
Is the plastic industry trying to kill SB54, California’s polystyrene ban?
On Jan. 1, polystyrene packaging became illegal to sell, distribute or import into California — the result of a landmark waste law signed by Gov.…
L.A. hires law firm, at up to $1,975 an hour, to defend against wildfire lawsuits
Faced with a deluge of litigation from the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power approved a three-year, $10-million contract with a…
Constitutional crisis or no? Fears of Trump overreach abound as cases proceed in court
WASHINGTON — A week after winning a court order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding, California and other states were back…
What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills, punish women
Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading antiabortion groups…
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…
Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship
CONCORD, N.H. — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S.…
Here are some policy areas where President Trump might act next
ATLANTA — President Trump’s second administration has put forth an avalanche of policy changes and political pronouncements that have jolted Washington and the world.That agenda is taken…
Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law | Poverty and Development News
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration and Pretoria over a controversial…
San Francisco sues Trump administration over crackdown on sanctuary cities
SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest national battle over immigration, San Francisco on Friday announced it was filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent directives…