↑ Trump Administration Supreme Court likely to uphold state bans on trans athletes competing on girls' sports teams - States say biological sex at birth, not gender identity, determines who can compete on girls' teams.FBI probing if Renee Good had activist ties and Minneapolis groups acted as ‘instigators’ of shooting amid wider scrutiny on left-wing groups: report - Almost immediately, administration officials suggested some kind of larger conspiracy among activists could explain the shooting, despite presenting no evidenceHouse Democrats challenge new Homeland Security order limiting lawmaker visits to immigration facilities - Twelve House Democrats, including five from California, sued the Trump administration over a policy placing restrictions on visits of immigrant detention facilities by members of Congress.Defiant independence from the Federal Reserve catches Trump off guard - Powell was responding to grand jury subpoenas delivered to the Federal Reserve related to his congressional testimony regarding construction work at the Fed headquarters.Trump DOJ fires prosecutor who declined to pursue James Comey case, MS Now reports - (Adds dropped letter in "case" in headline) WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has fired a Justice Department prosecutor after he declined to lead the prosecution of former FBICalifornia Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta opts against running for governor. Again - California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced he will not be running for governor. Bonta last year said he decided not to run for the post, then reconsidered it after former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla announced they werFed's Powell says Trump administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment - WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has threatened to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about a Fed building project, an action Powell called a "pretext" to gain Analysis-With Venezuela raid, US tells China to keep away from the Americas - WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Among the many goals of last week's U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send China a message: stay away from the Americas.Trump's first-year actions sparked a fiery legal war, and stunning rebukes from judges - The Trump administration in its first year has claimed sweeping executive power and tested U.S. laws. Federal judges warn that American jurisprudence and democracy are under threat.Barabak: Trump can be hard to take. But his tariffs keep this fisherman afloat - James Blanchard, a fourth-generation shrimper, was prepared to hang up his nets because of collapsing prices caused by imports. He's not a fan of Trump's persona, but appreciates his policies.