9 stories highlight Trump's policies and California's political shifts

Federal agents intensified deportations, and Trump reversed California’s car ban. Meanwhile, Newsom warns of overreach after protests in LA. Read More

Gavin Newsom takes on Trump at his own game: From the Politics Desk

Newsom has put California at the center of Democrats’ campaign against a Trump-backed effort in Texas to pad the GOP’s U.S. House majority, countering with a rare, mid-decade redistricting proposal of ... Read More

California lawmakers deliver major Democratic climate, housing and labor wins to Newsom

California leaders wrapped this year’s legislative session Saturday afternoon, prolonged by last-minute backroom deals on climate and energy, sparking deep frustration among some lawmakers. Read More

How redistricting is already changing California’s congressional race

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to redraw California’s congressional map has kicked off a game of political musical chairs. Read More

Texas is the new California – the land of opportunity. But can it stay that way? | Opinion

Fifty years ago, California was what Texas is today. But political extremism and NIMBYs got in the way. Can Texas avoid the same fate? Read More

The Limits of Political Neutrality in a Divided Nation

Two nonprofits prided themselves on being neutral voices. Then they found that there seemed to be no middle ground in the nation’s redistricting war. Read More

Newsom unveils California redistricting effort to counter Trump-backed push in Texas

Democratic Gov. Newsom teams with congressional leaders to unveil strategy against GOP efforts to create Republican-friendly districts in multiple states. Read More

On immigration, California Republicans still haven’t learned

Support for President Trump's immigration crackdown shows that California Republicans still haven't learned the lessons of their Proposition 187 disaster in the 1990s. Read More

After Kirk’s Killing, Obama Says the Nation Is in a ‘Political Crisis’

Speaking at an educational summit, former President Barack Obama criticized his successor’s attacks on his political rivals in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Read More

'We must reject political violence': Newsom, CA leaders respond to Charlie Kirk killing

Turning Point USA founder and conservative leader Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, prompting quick condemnation from Gov. Gavin Newsom ... Read More

Josh Hawley is ruffling GOP feathers as he stakes out his ground: From the Politics Desk

Since he took office in 2019, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has sought to place himself on the front lines of orienting the Republican Party around a mix of economic populism and social conservatism to ... Read More