Bowser, D.C. attorney general reject push by Bondi to name emergency police commissioner  —  In a signed order, Bondi said Terry Cole will assume all powers and duties of the chief of police, and that the department's top brass “must receive approval” from him before issuing any directives.

D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City  —  Muriel Bowser's office says she is heading to the luxe vacation destination for a day to pick up her daughter  —  As President Donald Trump and his administration pursue a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., the city's mayor is skipping town for a bit.

Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally  —  The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”  —  More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles …

Feds Conduct Immigration Raid Outside California Redistricting Press Conference  —  Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state's congressional map to offset the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas.

Wary of the Wolff … In a video published Thursday morning, Hunter Biden sat in the shade of a large tree, facing YouTuber Andrew Callaghan with a lake stretching behind them.  The severely overexposed shot showed the two perched on black metal chairs in the grass, docks jutting into the water …