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California suing Trump over federalizing National Guard

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said the state will sue President Donald Trump for sending at least 300 National Guard troops to quell Los Angeles protests against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — the first such deployment without gubernatorial consent since 1965.

DOGE denied access to federal workers’ personal data

A federal judge blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing federal workers’ personal data at the Office of Personnel Management, stating that the agency violated the Privacy Act by granting the faux-agency access to its systems.

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Right-wing legal group sues to obtain Utah’s voter roll

A right-wing legal group sued to force Utah to turn over its voter roll — including private and protected records. The case could potentially lay the groundwork for voters to be removed from the rolls in the state.

GOPers fear proof of citizenship laws may hurt their own voters

Texas legislators surprisingly ended the 2025 session this week without passing a proof of citizenship bill. One reason for the bill’s failure, advocates say: Republicans were worried that married women, rural voters, and GOP-leaning groups might be hurt by it.

Trump’s new plan to undermine judges: ‘court-baiting’

Trump may have embarked on a new strategy for undermining the judiciary — “court-baiting.” The tactic entails forcing the judiciary to take potentially unpopular decisions that are necessary to protect constitutional principles, then attacking them for those decisions.

Alabama brings Congressional map to SCOTUS — again

Alabama is again appealing its long-running redistricting battle to the U.S. Supreme Court, two years after the high court affirmed a district court decision that struck down the state’s original congressional map for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Marc and Paige Moskowitz discuss.