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resident Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that established a federal task force to oversee the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. "In my first term, we were instrumental in helping the city of Los Angeles win the bid to bring the Olympic Games back to American soil," Trump said during a news conference across the street from the White House, alongside LA28 President and Chairman Casey Wasserman. "Today, I'll sign an executive order establishing the White House task force on the 2028 Summer Olympics, mobilizing the entire federal government to ensure the games are safe, seamless and historically successful," Trump added. Trump will serve as the chair of the task with Vice President JD Vance as the vice chair. The president is expected to designate an executive director, who will administer and execute the day-to-day operations of the group. Additionally, the task force will consist of the following members: the secretaries of state, treasury, defense, commerce, transportation, homeland security, and the attorney general, among others. According to the order, the task force is set to disband on Dec. 31, 2028, unless extended by the president. Members of the task force are expected to coordinate federal planning and response related to the security, transportation, and entry/exit processes for
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing an executive order creating a task force for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. | Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Trump with gold medals from the 1984 Games -- also held in Los Angeles -- to celebrate the new federal task force. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom have repeatedly clashed with Trump on issues such as stepped-up federal illegal immigration raids in the city and the recovery efforts from the January wildfires. Bass' office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the task force announcement. The city is in negotiations with LA28 regarding services that go beyond the 2021 Games agreement. During the Olympics and Paralympic Games, LA28 will require security, trash removal, traffic control, and paramedics, among other things. LA officials and LA28 must come to an agreement by Oct. 1, 2025, on so- called "enhanced services" and determine rates and reimbursement. See Olympics Page 02
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the 2028 Games; support interagency cooperation and information sharing with state and local partners; identify legal, logistical or regulatory barriers that could impede effective federal support for the Games; and recommend timely solutions for problems. "The L.A. Olympics is shaping up to be a wonderful moment for America. It's going to be incredible, so exciting," Trump said. Wasserman emphasized that the Games will arrive in Los Angeles in just 1,074 days. "Yes, we're counting, sir. The eyes of the world will be on this country as we open the 2028 Olympics, and it feels just like yesterday, and you were just president-elect in December of 2016 that you leaned into this process back then," Wasserman said. "You've been supportive and helpful every step of the way. We wouldn't be here without you." Wasserman presented
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As part of Trump's recently approved "Big Beautiful Bill," which overhauled federal spending and taxes, the government allocated $1 billion for security and planning for the 2028 Games. A spokesperson for Newsom said the governor has already been meeting with federal, state and local partners to coordinate the logistics of major events like the Olympics, World Cup and upcoming Super Bowls. "We welcome the White House's financial and logistical support for these global games that will showcase the vibrancy of California and the Los Angeles region," a statement from Newsom's office said. The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services is the statewide coordination hub for the Olympics. Cal OES, through its Homeland Security and Law Enforcement branches, has been coordinating a task force
federal appeals court Friday evening denied the Trump administration's request for a stay of a temporary restraining order that stopped widespread immigration enforcement throughout Southern California, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court appeal. A key issue the judges considered was whether patrols by federal agents targeting people based on skin color and ethnicity violate the Constitution's "reasonable suspicion" requirement. "If, as Defendants suggest, they are not conducting stops that lack reasonable suspicion, they can hardly claim to be irreparably harmed by an injunction aimed at preventing a subset of stops not supported by reasonable suspicion," the three-judge panel wrote. "Thus, we conclude that Defendants have failed to establish that they will be 'chilled' from their enforcement efforts at all, let alone in a manner that constitutes the 'irreparable injury' required to support a stay pending appeal." Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Ronald M. Gould, Marsha S. Berzon and Jennifer Sung also found "there is no predicate action that the individual plaintiffs would need to take, other than simply going about their lives, to potentially be subject to the challenged stops." The appellate judges
were appointed by Democratic presidents. The administration now will likely file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, where six of the nine justices were appointed by Republican presidents. "This is a victory for Los Angeles, and this is a victory because the people of Los Angeles stood together," Mayor Karen Bass said at a Friday night news conference. "I think the administration might have believed that this was going to divide our city, that our city was going to go at each other in division, but we did not. We stood strong, and I am very happy to say that us standing strong ... gave the court the resolve to uphold this decision." LA County District 2 Supervisor Hilda Solis welcomed the court decision in a statement Saturday, calling it "a critical victory for the rule of law and for communities across Los Angeles County" and demanding an end to "indiscriminate and warrantless immigration raids." The appeals court held a 90-minute hearing Monday in San Francisco. Attorneys for the government and plaintiffs presented arguments on the Trump administration's bid for a stay to U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong's ruling that roving patrols during "Operation At Large" were illegally conducted without reasonable suspi-
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