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• Trump says federal government should 'take over' state elections - Trump repeated without evidence his long-running claim that U.S. elections are beset by widespread fraud.
• Meet the un-Gavin. Kentucky's governor sees a different way to the White House - Andy Beshear says voters want a healer in 2028, not someone who'll match President Trump insult for insult. His focus on nuts and bolts makes him a popular blue governor in a very red state.
• Chabria: A California lawyer takes the civil rights fight home to Minneapolis - James Cook is one of a handful of attorneys who have dropped everything to aid those caught up in the federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
• New message from top Democrats: The U.S. Justice Department can't be trusted - Leading Democrats' remarks that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot be trusted hold stunning implications for American democracy, and followed a week of equally stunning actions by the department.
• Shutdown nears as lawmakers brace for next round of ICE negotiations - Over the next two weeks, Democrats and Republicans will weigh competing demands on changes to Department of Homeland Security operations.
• Immigration agents, leaders defy best practices honed by U.S. police for half a century - Police leaders, civil rights advocates and other experts say the actions of immigration officials and agents run counter to law enforcement's best practices.
• Barabak: They said Katie Porter was dead politically. I checked her pulse - A one-two punch of unflattering videos caused many to write off Porter's gubernatorial candidacy. But the former O.C. congresswoman remains a top contender.
• Another shutdown appears likely after Minnesota shooting prompts revolt by Democrats - The standoff has also revealed fractures among GOP lawmakers, who have called for a federal and state investigation into the shooting and congressional hearings.
• Is California's proposed billionaire tax smart policy? History holds lessons - Critics of California's proposed billionaire tax say similar measures in Europe failed. Backers of the measure say they took lessons from those failures in drafting the California proposal.
• Housing costs are crippling many Americans. Here's how the two parties propose to fix that - With housing costs so central to voters' perceptions about the economy, both parties have put forward proposals in recent weeks targeting affordability.