The Trump administration has asked for information including names and release dates within 30 days. Officials in California are fighting back.

An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.

The U.S. Justice Department asked California counties to provide lists of all non-U.S. citizen inmates in their jails, ratcheting up the Trump administration's challenge to sanctuary policies.

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was terminated by the Justice Department. Comey prosecuted Sean “Diddy” Combs and also played a role in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the prosecution and conviction of his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Justice Department is asking that a former police officer found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor in 2020 – when she was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home – be sentenced to one day in jail.