Timeline: Is political violence in the US escalating?

The murder of conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Wednesday has stoked fears about growing political violence in the US, with experts warning that the conditions that enable it are ... 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

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

Here’s how Newsom’s maps are already changing California’s congressional races

California congressional wannabes aren’t waiting for Prop. 50 to start campaigning in the newly drawn districts. Candidates are evaluating which seats they stand the greatest chance of winning in. For ... 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

University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws ... Read More

California Politics 360: Charlie Kirk’s impact on California

Charlie Kirk’s assassination rattled lawmakers from both parties in California. The state’s youngest lawmaker, 29-year-old Republican Assemblyman David Tangipa, joined California Politics 360 to talk ... Read More

Law enforcement agencies in California have to report how they use weapons during protests. Many don’t

The law requires that agencies report on their use of less-lethal weapons and resulting injuries. More than a year later, Ramirez still doesn’t know who fired the projectile that hit him in the head, ... 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

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

Tech bros hate this college student. California should listen to what she’s saying about artificial intelligence

President Trump wined and dined top AI tech executives last week, leaving little hope that Congress will regulate the emerging technology in meaningful ways. That leaves California — and a college ... Read More