California Politics
- Is California's proposed billionaire tax smart policy? History holds lessons - Critics of California's proposed billionaire tax say similar measures in Europe failed. Backers of the measure say they took lessons from those failures in drafting the California proposal.
- Trump lawyers urge Supreme Court to block California's new election map while upholding Texas' - Texas hopes to elect five more Republicans to Congress, while California would like five more Democrats.
- Chabria: How's Newsom doing at Davos? Just ask Trump - Banned from speaking, lauded for his condemnation of Trump and compared to a 1990s Ken doll. Newsom is killing it at Davos.
- State GOP seeks Supreme Court injunction to block California's new, voter-approved congressional districts - The state Republican party and other opponents of the new congressional districts created by voter-approved Proposition 50 in November, sought an emergency injunction from the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
- 'You'll find out': Trump hints at Greenland takeover, touts his 2025 accomplishments - Trump covered a range of issues during a nearly two-hour press briefing, including immigration, foreign policy and Los Angeles' fire recovery, as he lamented not getting enough credit for his job.
- Trump's Greenland threats push U.S. allies to a tipping point - Trump's threats to annex Greenland may prove a breaking point in a global order that has benefited the U.S. for over 75 years.
- Supreme Court appears likely to strike down California law banning guns in stores and restaurants - Trump lawyers say the California law should be struck down for violating the 2nd Amendment.
- Feds face skeptical judge in lawsuit to overturn California's ban on masked ICE agents - Department of Justice lawyers argued at a hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday that the state's first-of-its-kind ban on police face coverings could unleash chaos across the country if allowed to take effect.
- California, L.A. brace for Trump's new threats to cut funds over immigration stance - President Trump repeated threats to strip federal funding over sanctuary city immigration policies, effective Feb. 1.
- Lawsuits against ICE agents would be allowed under proposed California law - A bill by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would make it easier for people to sue federal immigration officers in state court over constitutional violations.