Politics

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 […]

As the Trump administration works to reshape and refocus the federal bureaucracy, Republican views of several key departments and agencies – the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department […]

As the Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement around the country, Americans offer mixed to negative views of some of its most high-profile actions. For example, public opinion is split over the use of […]