Politics

For most of this 2026 midterm election cycle, the attention around California’s billionaire class has focused heavily on their opposition to a one-time tax on their wealth, money that would be used to help offset […]

If President Donald Trump’s approval rating is sinking into dangerous territory − and it is − how does he manage to keep vanquishing Republican critics and imposing his will on a compliant Congress? Call it […]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo last May became the first U.S.-born leader of the global Catholic Church, but for the initial 10 months of his tenure he mostly avoided comment about his home country and […]

SACRAMENTO, California — Top Democrats passing on their state’s preeminent job. New candidates streaming in late. And a Republican upset threat so serious that the state Democratic Party pleaded with a fractured field to consolidate […]

Venezuelans danced in the streets of Miami the day after U.S. forces abducted President Nicolás Maduro. Iranians in Los Angeles marched in support of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah, on the cusp […]

It’s official: Eight Democrats and two Republicans say they have filed paperwork for the June 2 primary ballot in the California governor’s race, setting up a wide-open contest in which two Republicans who have consistently […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office on Friday forecast a “modest shortfall” of $2.9 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, down sharply from previous estimates in a nearly $349 billion budget proposal that relies heavily on continued […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a message for Democrats around the country: Follow my lead.  Declaring victory for Proposition 50, his Democratic redistricting ballot measure, he named five other states led by Democrats and urged their […]

Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger arrives on stage to deliver remarks at her election night watch party at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Nov. 4. Spanberger defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to become the first […]

Sacramento, CA (October 2, 2025) — Survivors of trafficking, worker advocates, business leaders, and lawmakers gathered today at the California State Capitol to celebrate Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of AB 1362 (Kalra), a first-in-the-nation law […]