Trump Administration

• L.A. archbishop holds 'Mass for Peace' as students protest Trump immigration policies - With public outrage growing over immigration enforcement, Archbishop José H. Gomez — the highest-ranking Latino bishop in the U.S. — held a 'Mass for Peace' at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
• California leaders decry Trump call to 'nationalize' election, say they're ready to resist - California officials say they are ready to resist should the federal government attempt to assert control over the state's voting system, as President Trump has suggested it should.
• Supreme Court, with no dissents, rejects GOP challenge to California's new election map - With newly drawn maps, California may elect five more Democrats to Congress while Texas elects five more Republicans.
• Amid protests over ICE's presence at the Olympics, will American athletes get booed? - As U.S. athletes and staff arrived in Italy for the Winter Olympics, they were greeted by protesters opposing ICE's planned security role at the Games.
• 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.