Trump, Newsom and California
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Seventy percent of Californians disapprove of the president in a new survey. But recent national polls paint a less drastic picture.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an emergency request to block expansion of what they called the Trump administration's "unlawful militarization."
Democratic politicians have spent the last few months talking about standing up to President Donald Trump in his second term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is among the first faced with figuring out what standing up actually looks like.
As California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to fight Donald Trump‘s ICE raids and military occupation, Bill Maher sees presidential material. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian suggested Newsom could be “the guy for the Democratic party,
Many undocumented immigrants have long feared that their Medi-Cal data would be used against them. Newsom calls it "an abuse."
Democrat Gavin Newsom has not been afraid to square off against the president - but this confrontational strategy is not without political risk.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump illegally federalized the California National Guard in response to the Los Angeles protests and ordered that the force be returned to the control of Democratic Gov.
What the judge rules, and the likely appeals that follow, may alter decades of understanding about the roles of governors and the White House in quelling domestic unrest.
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was unable to get off his a question for Secretary Kristi Noem when officials shoved him out of the room as he screamed “hands off!”. In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, then-California Secretary of State Padilla speaks in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) AP