Updates in Policy and Government
- ICE detainees sprayed with toxic cleaner during COVID crisis to get six-figure payout in settlement
on October 8, 2026Hundreds of detainees said they suffered lasting health issues when guards sprayed a toxic cleaning agent during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Trump says he won't let Iran strike L.A. or San Diego: 'Not going to let that happen'on October 8, 2026
Trump told a Texas rally that the U.S. would not allow Iran to strike Los Angeles or San Diego, two days after his remarks on the subject stirred outrage among California leaders.
- Private prison company sues California over civil rights law for immigrant detaineeson October 7, 2026
GEO Group operates several detention centers for people being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's challenging a new California law to give detainees privacy rights.
- Arellano: What Steve Hilton doesn't get about Xavier Becerra's parentson October 7, 2026
What more proof do California voters need that Hilton is laughably out of touch with how we live? Many Mexican Americans consider family members raised in Mexico to be immigrants, even if they were born in the U.S.
- Hilton warm on tax cuts, tepid on Trump, cold on offshore wind during gubernatorial town hallon October 7, 2026
At a town hall, Steve Hilton takes shots at Xavier Becerra and lays out his plan for California.
- FBI whistleblower alleges Trump ordered investigations of L.A.-area immigration protesterson October 6, 2026
A former FBI intelligence analyst has alleged that President Trump ordered the FBI to launch unconstitutional investigations into immigration enforcement protesters from the Los Angeles area.