The Trump administration sued the state of California on Sunday over internet regulations that Gov. Jerry Brown signed the same day. The law prohibits internet providers from favoring certain content or websites in direct opposition of federal policy. The Federal Communications Commission last year repealed so-called “net neutrality” rules, saying they created burdensome, anti-consumer requirements on internet companies. “Once again the California Legislature has enacted an extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy,” U.S.

A New York moment: 

In one of his newsletters, my New York state representative trumpeted how the New York Assembly passed a bill authorizing certified doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for opioid addiction.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman abruptly resigned Monday night after The New Yorker published accusations by four women that he physically assaulted them. Schneiderman, a Democrat, was an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and a prominent voice in the #MeToo movement raising awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace. In a brief statement, Schneiderman, 63, denied the accusations but said they would prevent him from carrying out his duties.

Texas and six other states announced Tuesday they are seeking legal remedies to end the Obama-era federal program that protects young immigrants from deportation. The six states—Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and West Virginia—joined Texas in a lawsuit that accuses the Obama administration of overstepping its limits when it set up the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The lawsuit requests the U.S.

Detroit’s financial oversight commission voted unanimously Monday to return full financial control to the city’s mayor and city council, three years after the Motor City completed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Detroit earned its way out of state oversight by delivering three consecutive years of balanced budgets. City leaders expect to end fiscal year 2018 with a $36 million operating surplus. That’s quite a turnaround for Detroit, which had $12 billion in debt when Republican Gov.

A report issued Wednesday by a Missouri legislative committee has sparked calls for Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, to resign amid a monthslong sex scandal that could lead to his impeachment. The report includes testimony from the woman Greitens admitted having an affair with before he became governor. He called the relationship consensual, but the woman claimed Greitens abused and intimidated her during their encounters.

A grand jury on Thursday indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly blackmailing his former mistress with nude photographs. Greitens won election in 2016 and admitted to the affair last month, but he denies accusations he threatened the woman to stay silent using photographs he took without her consent. The affair took place in March 2015 before Greitens became governor. “As I have said before, I made a personal mistake before I was governor.