Tag: California

In documents filed Friday to Judge John Mendez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra (pictured center, speaking) said his office intends to request the case be transferred from Sacramento to San Francisco next week. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California to ask for Trump administration’s lawsuit over ‘sanctuary’ status to be moved

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 8:05 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Saturday that the nationwide injunctions over President Trump's rescission of an Obama-era immigration program and the travel ban "result in great cost and turmoil," and have been used to effectively paralyze the federal government. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jeff Sessions slams federal judges for issuing nationwide injunctions hindering Trump’s agenda

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 3:47 pm

A gunman took at least three people hostage at the largest veterans home in the United States on Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Suspected gunman, three women found dead after hostage situation at veterans home in California

Daniel Chaitin · March 10, 2018 4:19 am

U.S. Border Patrol arrested Perla Morales-Luna on March 3 in Southern California on smuggling charges. A video of the arrest has gone viral. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beltway Confidential

The ‘scandal’ of Perla Morales-Luna’s arrest is fake news

Tom Rogan · March 9, 2018 9:41 pm

Veterans Home of California-Yountville houses approximately 1,100 aged or disabled male and female veterans who served in World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom. (JL Sousa/Napa Valley Register via AP)

Active shooter, hostage situation reported at country’s largest veterans home in California

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2018 8:28 pm

President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, used a Trump Organization email account to arrange the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, according to a report.

Michael Cohen used Trump Organization email to arrange Stormy Daniels payoff: Report

Caitlin Yilek · March 9, 2018 6:33 pm

Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., sent a letter on Thursday to House leadership asking for the Conscience Protection Act to be included in the two-year "omnibus" spending bill that will get a vote later this month. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Diane Black pushing for anti-abortion language in spending bill

Robert King · March 9, 2018 4:19 pm

Libby Schaaf said she's grateful to live in a country where everyone is allowed to criticize elected officials. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland mayor defends move to warn immigrants of ICE raids after Trump called her a ‘disgrace’

Katelyn Caralle · March 9, 2018 12:57 pm

On Feb. 25, Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf took to Twitter to warn followers of an imminent immigration raid in Northern California targeting about 1,000 illegal immigrants deemed "public safety threats." (screenshot via Twitter)

Don’t make a martyr of Oakland’s mayor, but be sure to enforce the law in her city

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2018 5:01 am

There are a number of similarities between the Justice Department's actions against California in 2018 and Arizona in 2010, but only one is being characterized by the New York Times as an act of "war" against a state. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

The New York Times sings one tune when Trump sues California, a very different tune when Obama sued Arizona

Becket Adams · March 8, 2018 10:17 pm

Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ Oakland mayor over ICE crackdown warning

Steven Nelson · March 8, 2018 6:22 pm

Tom Homan said that in the last fiscal year, 89 percent of illegal immigrants deported had a criminal history, and 88 percent of those deported in the last raid in Los Angeles were criminal aliens as well. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ICE Acting Director Tom Homan: Kamala Harris ‘is wrong’ regarding ICE ‘abusing power’

Katelyn Caralle · March 8, 2018 3:03 pm