California Focus: Statea s election boss beats Trump on voting panel

It's not often that an obscure state official manages to lay a serious defeat on the President of the United States. But that's what Alex Padilla pulled off early this year, and he did it without any gloating.

Goldstar Air, Ethiopian Airlines sign agreement

Goldstar Air, a wholly Ghanaian owned airline is working to have its own Maintenance Repair Organization and Training School in Tamale soon. In the interim, the airline and Ethiopian Airlines have signed an agreement for it to use Ethiopian Airline's MRO to assist Goldstar Air.

Immigration fight looks tougher after budget debate

Republican leaders, top Democrats and President Donald Trump are all claiming big wins in the $400 billion budget agreement signed into law Friday. But the push to pass the massive legislation underscored enduring divisions within both parties, and those rifts are likely to make the next fight over immigration even more challenging.

Donald Trump says he will not declassify Democratic memo on Russia probe

The White House has formally notified the House intelligence committee that president Donald Trump is "unable" to declassify a memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations about abuse of government surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia probe. Citing national security concerns, White House counsel Don McGahn said in a letter to the committee that the memo contained "numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" and asked the Democrats to revise the memo with the help of the Justice Department.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra visited officials in Fresno on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday in Fresno that employers must protect confidential information about employees when federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ask questions. The advice from the state's top law enforcement officer comes only days after at least 40 workers at Bee Sweet Citrus in Fowler lost their jobs after federal immigration agents began checking employee records, searching for people who are not legally allowed to work in the United States.

Mulvaney emerges as a leading candidate to replace Kelly as White House chief of staff

To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: John Kelly, White House chief of staff, listens during a Customs and Border Protection roundtable discussion with at the CBP National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia, on Feb. 2, 2018.

College Republicans Avoid Security Fees for Campus Event

A federal judge on Friday blocked the University of Washington from charging a college Republican group $17,000 in security fees for hosting a controversial speaker on campus. The student group invited Joey Gibson, head of Patriot Prayer, a conservative group known for rallies in support of President Donald Trump in liberal enclaves, to speak at a campus rally on Saturday.

GOP Focuses on Russia Allegations That Reached Steele

Republicans on Capitol Hill are probing a collection of unverified and salacious allegations against Donald Trump that was compiled in late 2016 by a freelance journalist and researcher named Cody Shearer, who then passed his work along to an associate of Hillary Clinton. Mr. Shearer wrote eight pages of raw and unverified notes that are purportedly drawn from interviews with two prominent journalists and Russian intelligence contacts, among others.

Pennsylvania GOP Submits New Map in Gerrymandering Case

The two top Republicans in Pennsylvania's Legislature submitted a new state congressional map Friday evening, the latest turn in a high-stakes drama that could help determine control of the U.S. House. Leaders in the GOP-led state Senate and House sent proposed redrawn districts to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, beating a deadline imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month when it found the old map in violation of the state constitution.

Bipartisan Budget Deal Reveals Fissures for Both Parties

With Democratic and Republican leaders agreeing on a two-year spending plan, WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains why the agreement, if it becomes law, could change the way Congress operates. Photo: Getty WASHINGTON-Passage of a two-year budget deal Friday was a rare feat of bipartisanship in Congress, but it exposed divisions within both the Democratic and Republican parties that will linger in legislative debates and midterm-election politics for months to come.