DOJ Joins Republican Party’s Effort to Block California’s New Congressional Maps

On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a filing in a California federal district court, announcing that the federal government seeks to join a lawsuit submitted by the state Republican Party challenging recently enacted congressional maps that were passed as part of a voter-endorsed ballot initiative earlier this month. California usually uses an independent commission to draw…
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Trump Sends Immigration Agents to San Francisco

President Donald Trump’s assault on immigrants in Democrat-led cities continued Wednesday with confirmation from the US Coast Guard that its base in Alameda, California is preparing to host 100 federal agents — whose looming arrival is seen as “a likely precursor” to the Republican deploying National Guard troops to San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle initially reported that agents…
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