Trump administration to withhold $259M in Minnesota Medicaid funds, citing fraud  The Washington Post Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’  The Guardian Trump admin halts Medicaid payments to Minnesota over fraud claims  CNN Vance Announces Pause of Nearly $260 Million in Minnesota Medicaid Funding  WSJ Trump Administration Prioritizes Affordability by Announcing Major…

California’s governor race has a clear top tier  Politico Tight California governor’s race between five leading candidates – Los Angeles Times  Los Angeles Times PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government  Public Policy Institute of California Opinion | No clear frontrunner for governor, but new poll names five with the best shot  CalMatters Republican California governor candidate Steve Hilton…

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump – The New York Times  The New York Times Jimmy Kimmel Targets ‘Unavailable’ Epstein Files Related to Donald Trump  Rolling Stone Top House Dem wants Justice Department to explain missing Trump-related Epstein files  NPR Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser…

F.B.I. Raids Home and Office of L.A.U.S.D. Chief Alberto Carvalho  The New York Times FBI raids of LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho’s home and office appear tied to AI chatbot probe  Los Angeles Times FBI serves search warrants at LAUSD headquarters and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s San Pedro home  ABC7 Los Angeles FBI raids Los Angeles school district headquarters and…