Trump Administration

• 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.
• Speaker Johnson faces tough choices as partial government shutdown drags and debate over ICE deepens - House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforceme
• 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.
• Trump official says ICE deportation effort in Minneapolis will be more focused - By Brad Brooks and Ted Hesson MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. border czar Tom Homan, newly installed as commander of President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, said on
• LAPD's relationship with federal authorities under scrutiny as criticism of ICE grows - While public outcry grows over federal immigration enforcement, LAPD officials have touted their close collaboration with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security ahead of the World Cup and Olympics.
• 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.
• Trump officials have tried to justify ICE shootings. Is it backfiring in court? - The Department of Justice has lost five cases in Los Angeles against defendants accused of assaulting immigration agents, leading former government officials to warn that the Trump administration faces a growing credibility crisis with the
• 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.
• California Democrats help lead counter-offensive against Trump immigration crackdown - Democrats seized on a growing sense, shared by some Republicans, that the campaign has gotten so out of hand that the political winds have shifted heavily in their favor.