Former Vice President Kamala Harris has used a high-profile speech in San Francisco to criticize President Donald Trump, accusing him of abandoning American ideals.

The new chief executive of California’s embattled high-speed rail project says it is time to get serious about how to pay for it.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump have shared a hug as he arrived in her home state.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking at a major Democratic fundraiser in New Hampshire as he continues to build his national profile.

Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that has pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him.

Trump’s attacks on Canada’s economy and threats to make it the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, who are canceling trips to the U.S. in big numbers.

Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear.

Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

Nearly six months after the Mountain Fire displaced 750 people and destroyed 182 homes and other structures in Ventura County, survivors say recovery is more difficult without FEMA support and in the shadow of the LA fires.

For Democrats, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is about fundamental American ideals, including due process, following court orders and preventing government overreach.

OpenAI has named labor leader Dolores Huerta and three others to a temporary advisory board that will help guide the artificial intelligence company’s philanthropy as it attempts to shift itself into a for-profit business.

California has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's tariffs.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to provide $2.8 billion to close the budget hole in the state's Medicaid program.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will proceed with their resentencing hearings after spending 35 years behind bars for the 1989 killings of their parents, despite opposition from Los Angeles County’s district attorney.

A new executive order from President Donald Trump that's part of his effort to invigorate energy production launches the possibility that his Department of Justice will go to court against state laws aimed at slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuels.

President Donald Trump has offered rare praise for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as she appeared with him in the Oval Office.

Boxed into a vote on outlawing spending on gender affirming care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday.

Former Biden administration Health Secretary Xavier Becerra is the latest Democrat to join the crowded field seeking to become California's next governor.

California lawmakers have rejected two bills aimed at keeping trans kids and teens off sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

President Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping transgender people out of government records, sports and even history.

Two transgender teenagers in New Hampshire are the first to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports.”.

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is trying to chart a path for national Democrats to counter President Donald Trump.

Voters in Oakland, California, recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption.

Democratic lawmakers are courting online content creators, podcasters and celebrities in a bid to find new ways to boost their message to voters.

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is rejecting claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and says any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear.

California faces a $6.2 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a backlash from members of his own party after a series of podcasts that featured Steve Bannon and other supporters of President Donald Trump.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes have adopted sharply different approaches to handling Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Former Democratic U.S. House member Katie Porter is entering the crowded 2026 contest for California governor.

The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.

Hundreds of thousands of state employees across the U.S. are being ordered back into the office as governors move to shadow President Trump’s mandate for federal workers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has spoken out against allowing transgender women and girls to compete in female sports.

Democrats filled Republican town halls during the congressional break to protest President Donald Trump’s power grab in Washington.

Cousins of Erik and Lyle Menendez spoke out to criticize the Los Angeles district attorney’s recent decision to oppose a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in aid to help the Los Angeles area recover from January’s devastating wildfires.

Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws to help safeguard the state's progressive policies from challenges by Republican President Donald Trump's administration.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more fire resistant during wind-driven wildfire after years of delay.

U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or pull children from school after the Trump administration ordered employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development off the job and out of the field, all but shutting down the organization’s six-decade mission.

California’s Democratic-dominated Assembly has endorsed up to $50 million in funding to defend the state’s progressive policies against challenges by the Trump administration.

California water regulators have said there's no truth to President Donald Trump's claim that the U_S_ military entered the state and “turned on the water.”.

President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump says he is considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a more than $2.5 billion package to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires.

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.

California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is unsure if he’s welcome to join President Donald Trump’s wildfire tour.

President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state’s approach on its management of water.

Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of killer wildfires.

Southern Californians are bracing for gusty winds and a heightened risk of wildfires less than two weeks after deadly blazes that have killed at least 27 people and ravaged thousands of homes.

Tenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of people were displaced in deadly fires this month.

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but his influence already is rippling through state capitols.

Over 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

California is years behind in implementing a 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire.

Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger” and has chosen Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone to help.

A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires.

Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as winds began picking up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for the region where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes.

As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment facilities.

A growing force of firefighters and equipment has moved into the Los Angeles area.

Firefighters scrambled to make further progress against wildfires that have killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week.

Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of department turmoil.

The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office says the confirmed death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16.

President-elect Donald Trump hosted 22 of the nation’s 27 Republican governors for dinner at his Florida club, looking to help drive the agenda in conservative-run states after he takes office in 11 days.

As the cataclysmic wildfires rage across Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump isn't offering much sympathy.

Officials say the two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area this week have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures.

A fast-moving fire has broken out in the Hollywood Hills about a mile from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry in recent days as demand soared for water to quell fast-moving wildfires.

More than a week into what could be the costliest wildfires in U.S. history, weary and anxious Los Angeles-area residents are hoping for a favorable shift in the winds and an end to the constant fear that their lives might be further upended.

A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences.

As Democratic governors across the country adapt to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans, some are trying to build a friendly relationship while others are strategizing ways to resist.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit.

A major storm has pounded California’s central coast bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean.

A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S. That raises new questions about the outbreak of the virus, also known as Type A H5N1.

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035.

Missouri’s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.

The sheriff of the nation’s fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new obstacle to President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.

California lawmakers will consider a bill to require labels on social media platforms warning of their effects on young people’s lives.

A 7_0 magnitude earthquake struck in what's known as California's “earthquake country.”.

Since winning election, President-elect Donald Trump has been talking about immigration, border security and government efficiency.

California lawmakers are set to consider a bill that would require the state's public universities to give admission priority to the descendants of slaves.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched his campaign to safeguard liberal values ahead of another Donald Trump presidency.

The owner of an oil field in Los Angeles County is suing the state of California over a law that will require it to stop production and plug its wells or face costly fines.

A judge has delayed until January his decision on whether to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago.

California could offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration eliminates the $7,500 federal EV tax credit.

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he won’t make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the case.

Black and Latino families who were displaced from a Southern California neighborhood in the 1960s have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Palm Springs.

Democratic governors and attorneys general are set to reprise their roles in battling President-elect Trump's policies.

Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with fewer than 20 races left to be called.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state's progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures in less than two days.

California is being lashed by powerful winds that fed a fast-moving wildfire that destroyed homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee in Ventura County.

For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate.

California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state.

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 11, when a judge will decide whether they will have a shot at freedom after spending 34 years behind bars for the shotgun killings of their parents in 1989.

Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended their life-without-parole sentence be thrown out and the brothers be resentenced and immediately eligible for parole.

Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are cracking down on the troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery created through artificial intelligence technology.

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California are getting a pay bump under a state law.