You’ve got to get out of your posh areas and into the heartbeat of America.” Joshua Hollington, a Democratic voter in South ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strong-arm tactics to advance two unpopular California Environmental Quality Act reform bills by tying ...

California GovernorGavin Newsom kicked off a two-day tour in South Carolina, connecting with voters in both rural areas and ...

A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a temporary order barring US immigration authorities from stopping people for questioning without cause ...

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Violence Against Law Enforcement Rises Amid Anti-ICE Protests** In a troubling escalation of violence, a masked protester was filmed appearing to fire a weapon at federal agents ...

Amid speculation of a presidential run in 2028, California Governor Gavin Newsom has urged Democrats in ruby-red South ...

California’s governor won’t let his considerable political baggage get in the way of his ambitions. Attack ads against him ...

If anyone still harbors doubts that Gavin Newsom is contemplating a run for the White House in 2028, this week’s sojourn into ...

Carry them back to old Virginny; Big mad mood; GOP senators fret about Musk; Liberian lingo; Reaching the checkered flag There’s “testing the waters” and then there’s going off ...

Between an increasingly influential union and a new state housing agency, one of California’s biggest crises is getting a shakeup.

State streamlining of land-use approvals has upended the process, eliminating public involvement and sidelining appointed and ...