Newsom, Gavin

• Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map - The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.
• Takeaways From Gavin Newsom’s New Memoir, ‘Young Man in a Hurry’ - His introspective memoir tries to challenge the conventional wisdom about his upbringing, explores his marriages and airs a little dirty laundry — but says relatively little about politics.
• Gavin Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California - Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
• Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax - More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
• Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens - The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and the former wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is working hard and pushing deals with American business interests. She’s also up late at parties.
• A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving - It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
• Why Nick Reiner Could Face the Death Penalty - The two first-degree murder counts include a special circumstance, which increases the maximum punishment if he is convicted.
• California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration - A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former chief medical officer of the agency will advise the state on public health issues.
• Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday - While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.
• Kamala Harris on ’107 Days,’ 2028 and the Democratic Party’s Future - She was seen for two decades as a future face of the Democratic Party. Is she now suddenly a figure of its past?