Kyle Cheney

Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. Send ... See more

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's late-breaking effort to force California to separate mail-in ballots from 20,000 purported noncitizens. A 2-1 ruling from a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Justic... See more

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's late-breaking effort to force California to separate mail-in ballots from 20,000 purported noncitizens. A 2-1 ruling from a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Justic... See more

The Justice Department has brought a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, charging him with leaking classified information about government surveillance techniques to The New York Times in 2016. Court records unsealed Monday show f... See more

A divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that thousands of ICE detainees being held in Texas have no rights to seek release on bond — even if they've been held for months or years while their immigration proceedings play out. The full bench of the 5th... See more