2026
What gets me so angry about California’s proposed billionaire tax
What Prop. 40 supporters don’t get is that you can only smack a goose so much to give more until it bites back, which is what California billionaires are increasingly doing by throwing their cash around to defeat any political candidate exuding a whiff of progressivism.
Five Amazon countries arrest hundreds in major crackdown on environmental crime
Authorities from five Amazon countries arrested hundreds in a major crackdown on environmental crime
$207 billion saved for California from 82 lawsuits against Trump administration, Bonta says
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta credited his lawsuits against the Trump administration for protecting more than $200 billion in funding, defending core civil rights and removing military forces from Los Angeles streets.
California sues Trump to block latest tariffs, sharing of needy families’ data with ICE
California sued the Trump administration twice Monday, to block President Trump’s latest round of tariffs and to block his administration from sharing needy families’ personal data with immigration officials.
Trump set to visit L.A. for fundraiser. Attacking Newsom is on the agenda
The president is scheduled to attend a Republican National Committee dinner Tuesday night at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Democratic states urge Supreme Court to block Trump’s new limits on mail ballots
President Trump’s executive order required the U.S. Postal Service to use state-by-state lists of eligible voters who may send a ballot by mail.
Record low Danube levels push some countries in Eastern Europe to the brink of energy emergency
Governments in Central and Eastern Europe are working to conserve electricity as low water levels on the Danube River threaten power plants
Prop. 39 would turn Trump conspiracy into California law. It has a chance of passing
A legal fight has broken out around Proposition 39, a proposal to require voters to prove their citizenship at polls with ID. It’s a partisan attempt to recycle the election conspiracy lies of President Donald Trump into California law — and it has a chance of passing.
Will California voters ‘orphaned’ in top-two primary be strategic in November House races?
California voters left without a candidate from their own party after the top-two primary could still hold strategic sway in key congressional contests.
Billionaire tax endorsed by California Democrats deepening party divisions over Prop. 40
The California Democratic Party backed Prop. 40, a 5% billionaire tax for healthcare, despite heavy pushback from Newsom and labor leaders.