Common Questions

Did states sue to block Trump's mail ballot executive order?: Yes. The California Attorney General led a multi-state Coalition that joined as a fifth plaintiff group alongside the DSCC, NAACP, LULAC, and League of Women Voters.Source: Event: Four challenges to ballot EO
What CCPA complaint was filed against FIFA with the California AG?: UNITE HERE Local 11 filed a CCPA complaint on 8 May 2026 alleging FIFA's accreditation system required workers to provide Social Security numbers and nationality, with consent language allowing data sharing with foreign governments.Source: Lowdown
What is the California Attorney General's role in enforcing the CCPA?: The California AG can investigate and bring enforcement actions under the CCPA against companies that collect personal data of California residents without proper consent. The AG's office has historically been aggressive on data privacy enforcement.
Who is the California Attorney General in 2026?: Rob Bonta is the California Attorney General. His office has been a plaintiff in multiple challenges to Trump administration executive orders and is now the recipient of UNITE HERE Local 11's CCPA complaint against FIFA.

Background

The California Attorney General led a Coalition of state attorneys general that joined as a fifth plaintiff group in the litigation against President Trump's 31 March 2026 mail ballot executive order, which directed DHS and SSA to compile citizenship verification lists and restricted mail ballot distribution.

The California AG office is one of the most active in the country on federal executive power challenges, having been a plaintiff in dozens of federal lawsuits during the Trump administration. Its Coalition role brings additional state law resources and standing grounds to the litigation.

On 8 May 2026, UNITE HERE Local 11 filed a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) complaint with the California AG, alleging FIFA's World Cup accreditation system shared the personal data of stadium workers — including Social Security numbers and nationality — with third parties including foreign governments without adequate consent.

How the World Sees Them

Giovanni Malagò / Italian Serie A clubs

Malagò filed his FIGC presidential candidacy on Thursday 14 May with a confirmed bloc past 50 per cent of the assembly vote after Lega B and Lega Pro declared for him before the Wednesday 13 May deadline. The professional clubs back him on the explicit basis that the three reforms Italian football needs all require parliamentary access only he can deliver.

FIFA

FIFA has not responded to UNITE HERE Local 11's filings since Friday 8 May, has not commented on Kroenke Sports & Entertainment's position, and has not addressed the California Consumer Privacy Act accreditation question. The opening ceremony confirmation on Monday 11 May was treated as the editorial pivot for the SoFi venue.

UNITE HERE Local 11

Local 11 has widened its dispute with FIFA from the original Immigration and Customs Enforcement carve-out to four explicit demands, filed an NLRB charge and a California AG complaint naming FIFA as co-respondent on Friday 8 May, and rallied with gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Tuesday 19 May. The union's framing is that FIFA's silence is now the headline.

Thomas Tuchel / The Football Association

Tuchel reversed three windows of Alexander-Arnold exclusion when England's right-back options collapsed (Ben White knee, Tino Livramento unavailable, Reece James fragile), citing the team's structural need. He has publicly said Bellingham will travel if at all fit, accepting the risk of a hamstring described by Real Madrid medical staff as worse than first feared.

Didier Deschamps / Fédération Française de Football

Deschamps treated the Camavinga omission as a tactical and balance decision in his Thursday 14 May TF1 announcement, with Mbappé reconfirmed as captain. He has framed this World Cup as his last in charge, lending the final 26 the editorial weight of a personal closing statement.

Carlo Ancelotti / Brazilian Football Confederation

Ancelotti has defended the Neymar inclusion as a fitness call rather than a form call, framing it as the rational use of the 26-man cap to retain tournament-experienced options. The Museum of Tomorrow setting on Monday 18 May positions the squad as a commercial and cultural event for a home-continent cycle.

Giovanni Malagò / Serie A

getting ready

Iran Football Federation (FFIRI)

We will participate in the World Cup tournament, but without any retreat from our beliefs, culture, and convictions.

PFA / Rajoub

the deep suffering of the Palestinian people