Catastrophic failure of the Oroville Dam is averted at least for now after nearly 200 thousand people are evacuated from downstream. Donald Trump claims responsibility for the latest immigration sweeps that arrested nearly 700 people. A bitterly divided Senate confirms Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary despite complaints that the man once known as the “foreclosure king” profited from foreclosing on tens of thousands of homeowners during the Great Recession. Labor and community activists protest at CKE-owned restaurants including one in Oakland, ahead of the upcoming confirmation hearing of CKE head Andrew Puzder as Labor Secretary.