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The Justice Department joined a legal effort by Republicans in California suing over new congressional district boundaries that voters in the state approved in elections last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday in an X post.

The lawsuit, filed by the California Republican Party, accuses the State of California of violating the Constitution through Proposition 50 by racially gerrymandering in a manner that favors Hispanic voters.

The federal intervention will likely provoke further criticisms about politicization at the Justice Department and why officials aren't pushing for similar lawsuits against states like Texas and others, where Trump has encouraged gerrymandering to favor Republicans, leading into the 2026 midterms.

A spokesman for Gov. Gavin Newsom dismissed the administration's action.

“These losers lost at the ballot box and soon they will also lose in court,” Newsom spokesperson Brandon Richards said in a statement to ABC News Thursday.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin and Brittany Shepherd

First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump held an executive order signing in the White House East Room on Thursday focused on expanding financial and educational opportunities for young people transitioning out of foster care. The "Fostering the Future" program outlined on Thursday is part of the first lady's "Be Best" initiative.

"I predict this small spark today will ignite a profound and lasting nationwide movement," Melania Trump said in remarks. "Our united to resolve will foster a thriving future filled with compassion and innovation. Together, we will illuminate the pathway for today's foster children to become tomorrow's builders. And tomorrow's builders will foster the future of America's legacy."

President Trump, outlining the initiative further, said "all of this has been made possible by Melania's incredible devotion to America's youth."

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told reporters Thursday that 60,000 non-government jobs were lost during the shutdown.

Hassett said the jobs report for the month of September could be released in the "next week," because that data has already been tabulated. He echoed remarks from the White House on Wednesday and said a key part of the October jobs report will never be released.

Hassett was asked when furloughed employees could expect to see their paychecks. He said that he expects "essential" employees to get their checks "a couple days early" and that furloughed employees can get theirs "as soon as possible."

"There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to get their checks as soon as possible," Hassett added.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

The State Department on Thursday announced it is designating Antifa Ost, the Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, the Armed Proletarian Justice and the Revolutionary Class Self-Defense as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists" and intends to designate all four groups as "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" effective Nov. 20.

In a social media post, the State Department wrote: "Anarchist militants have waged terror campaigns in the United States and Europe, conspiring to undermine the foundations of Western Civilization through their brutal attacks. The State Department will designate these four Antifa groups as Foreign Terror Organizations."