A U.S. district judge ordered DHS to cancel ads set to run Sunday night – and barred the administration from resuming the campaign.

Of all the dynamics threatening the GOP this year, the most menacing may be the connection voters are drawing between their economic frustrations and GOP policies.

Long Beach ordered some Peninsula residents to evacuate and Newport Beach closed its beaches and piers as Tropical Storm Rachel neared Southern California. A National Weather Service coastal flood warning covers Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego county beaches through Sunday.