About $5 billion to $6 billion remains in limbo. In typical years, this funding would have begun reaching states and school districts starting on July 1. California joined about two dozen states this week in suing for the release of the funds, calling the Trump administration action “unconstitutional, unlawful and arbitrary.”

The Trump Administration walked back its decision to freeze $6.2 billion in federal K-12 funding and will restore a portion of the money ahead of the new school year. A senior official confirmed to POLITICO that about $1.

Justice Department seeks inmate data from California sheriffs on immigrants. Feds' request comes as Trump administration looks to increase ICE enforcement. California law currently prohibits jail cooperation with federal immigration officials.

Los Angeles and other California counties were asked Thursday to provide the names of all undocumented inmates in their jail systems to the U.S. Justice Department. The requests were issued to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and other sheriffs who are leading major law enforcement agencies,

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi visited the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay on Thursday, weeks after President Donald Trump said he would order the long-shuttered facility, now operated as a historical site,

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are expected to visit the former federal prison, which the president has suggested could be reopened.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.