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Former Vice President Kamala Harris will receive protection from the California Highway Patrol after President Donald Trump revoked her Secret Service protection, law enforcement sources said Friday. California officials put in place a plan to provide Harris with dignitary protection after President Trump ended an arrangement that gave his opponent in last year’s election extended Secret Service security coverage. Trump …

Netflix Billionaire Reed Hastings Gives $2 Million In California Map Fight  Bloomberg.com Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign  Politico Deep-pocketed Republican donor launches ‘misleading’ mailers into Calif.  SFGATE Newsom is right: Democrats must win the gerrymandering arms race  The Hill Congressman Ken Calvert says Democrats can’t beat him in elections, so they’ve turned to redistricting  ABC7 Los Angeles Source link

Hegseth directs Army to stand up interagency task force for counter-UAS “We’re moving fast, cutting through bureaucracy, consolidating resources and empowering this task force with the utmost authority,” Secretary Hegseth said. Anastasia Obis August 29, 2025 1:32 pm 3 min read Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to stand up a task force that will lead …

Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to Capitol to gerrymander congressional map  Missouri Independent Missouri governor calls special redistricting session amid Trump pressure  CNN Missouri is next to answer Trump’s call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026  AP News Republicans eye next House carveout with Missouri special session  The Washington Post Missouri governor calls special session to redraw congressional maps in push to …

U.S. congressional district maps are displayed as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets at the Texas State Capitol on Aug. 6, in Austin, Texas. Republicans are hoping the newly redrawn maps will boost their chances of keeping control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images SEGUIN, Texas – …

Oregon could become the second U.S. state to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program as lawmakers began a special session Friday to fill a $300 million transportation budget hole that threatens basic services like snowplowing and road repairs. Legislators failed earlier this year to approve a transportation funding package. Hundreds of state workers’ jobs are in …

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday aimed at ending cashless bail, a criminal justice reform that advocates say actually increases public safety. One order threatens federal funding to state or local governments that offer cashless bail and instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a list of jurisdictions that have “substantially eliminated cash bail” for crimes that pose “a …

President Donald Trump’s administration this week told 40 states to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or that they will lose funding. The move is the latest in a line of efforts since Trump returned to the White House in January to recognize people as only male or female and to …

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft documenting a “breach of trust” over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week. At the same time, …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday announced a special session to draw new congressional maps – becoming the latest governor of a Republican-run state to accede to President Donald Trump’ s demands to undertake mid-decade redistricting. Kehoe ordered lawmakers to return to the state capitol next week to take up the map-drawing, along with legislation aimed …