Trump Administration – Page 2

LA City Council Advances Measure to Allow Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections

June 18, 2026 11:06 amJune 18, 2026 11:13 am

In a 10-5 vote on Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council advanced a charter amendment (see below) that could eventually allow noncitizens to vote in citywide and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) elections. The proposal, introduced by DSA Councilmember...

SBA Ends Biden-Era Expanded Race-Based, DEI Loan Approvals

June 13, 2026 7:00 amJune 15, 2026 6:13 am

In February, the White House announced plans for a new anti-fraud task force targeting welfare abuse in California and other states, and assigned Vice President J.D. Vance, Andrew Ferguson of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Attorney General. California...

Trump Admin Shuts Down San Francisco Immigration Court After Purge of Pro-Asylum Judges

June 12, 2026 10:36 amJune 12, 2026 11:33 am

The Trump administration recently shut down the San Francisco immigration court after purging judges deemed too liberal because of unusually high asylum grants. Trump’s Executive Office of Immigration Review has removed and/or fired over 100 Immigration Judges, including resignations, for...

Secretary Kennedy Takes Becerra to Task in Epic Takedown of NYT Reporter

June 11, 2026 1:29 pmJune 12, 2026 10:38 am

In a lengthy and epic response to a New York Times hit piece, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismantled the legacy media’s narrative while exposing the failures of his predecessor, Xavier Becerra—now the Democratic frontrunner in...

Newsom’s Bill to Ban Trump Admin from Seizing Election Ballots is Buffoonery

June 11, 2026 7:00 amJune 11, 2026 7:01 am

After gubernatorial candidate Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized more than 600,000 ballots from his county’s registrar of voters earlier this year, Democrats panicked. They introduced Senate Bill 73, to restrict any and all law enforcement agencies and officers from...

Ringside: An Alternative Vision – Keep Scott Dam, Save Lake Pillsbury

June 11, 2026 6:00 amJune 11, 2026 5:30 pm

A recent article in Grist characterized recent efforts by the Trump administration to preserve Scott Dam as a “culture war crusade.” That is accurate, so long as we recognize that efforts to demolish the dam – and diminish the value of the...

Arizona Grazing Dispute Draws USDA, GOP Support As Solar Project Threatens Rancher’s Livelihood

June 1, 2026 11:02 amJune 1, 2026 11:02 am

A fifth-generation Arizona rancher is appealing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Lawfare Portal after a proposed large-scale solar project on Arizona State Trust Land placed his family’s long-held grazing operation at the center of an escalating dispute over land...