“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” the governor said in a statement. SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland after a federal judge blocked the president’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard, a workaround that has already drawn a new round of legal challenges. Late … Read more
Insider accounts detail the late-night negotiating, tech giant tug-of-war and last-minute interventions that brought the first-in-nation measure to life. SAN FRANCISCO — California moved to set the national agenda on AI policy when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-of-its-kind law this week aimed at making the technology safer. But the path to get there stretches … Read more
The Israeli prime minister said in a statement late Saturday that he has sent a delegation to Egypt “to finalize technical details” on a new U.S. plan to end the war. TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming … Read more
The ruling comes a day after ICE confirmed it would offer unaccompanied minors money to self-deport to their home countries. A federal judge on Saturday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from immediately transferring minors into federal immigration detention once they turn 18, a day after the agency rolled out changes to its policy around unaccompanied … Read more
“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum,” Pritzker said. President Donald Trump will soon federalize 300 National Guard troops in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday, a move that comes despite the governor’s opposition. “This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, … Read more
Here’s what’s happening to Washington’s high-profile push against Big Tech Half of the government’s biggest antitrust cases against tech giants are hitting “pause,” and half are plowing forward despite a lapse in government funding. The cases against four Big Tech giants — Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon — are some of the most closely … Read more
Most of the OMB will remain on the job as hundreds of thousands of government workers are sent home across the country. The Trump administration is sparing DOGE and much of the Office of Management and Budget amid a government shutdown that has furloughed tens of thousands of government workers across the country. A third … Read more
“Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on X. The Trump administration’s threat to cut nearly $8 billion in clean energy funding across a swath of states that voted against President Donald Trump in the … Read more
U.S. president’s cartographical confusion prompts joke at Copenhagen summit. U.S. President Donald Trump’s geographic confusion was the butt of a joke between world leaders at a summit Thursday. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was filmed poking fun with French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev at the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen … Read more
The Senate majority leader also rejected Democratic proposals for a shorter stopgap Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Thursday that it’s “unlikely” senators will be in the Capitol voting this weekend, all but guaranteeing the government shutdown goes into next week. “They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to vote to open up the government, … Read more