Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.

San Jose Councilmember Rosemary Kamei and preservationists have pleaded with the city to help facilitate the relocation of the Sakauye farmhouse to History Park as the deadline to move the structure looms later this year.

Hours after nearly every major news outlet reported that national security adviser Mike Waltz was the first big casualty of the Trump administration, President Donald Trump announced that—surprise!—he’s nominating Waltz to be ambassador to the United Nations. “I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations,” Trump wrote …

Trump argues the Fourteenth Amendment created no such right, but the Supreme Court can preserve it simply by citing statutes. The post The Easy Way to Uphold Birthright Citizenship appeared first on Washington Monthly .