Political tensions escalated as Democratic officials from California, Arizona and New Jersey opposed President Donald Trump's ...

Los Angeles teachers have drawn a line in the electoral sand to send a message to congress members tethered to the Israel lobby. On 12/17/25, the ...

While the campaign certainly hasn’t lacked candidates, it has been missing star power. Could that change in the election year ...

In which jurisdiction does the federal government own a higher percentage of the land? Is it in the District of Columbia, which sits on the East Coast and serves as the nation's capital, or is it in ...

Sen. Alex Padilla and his Democratic colleagues are teaming up to push a measure allowing people to sue federal law enforcement officers and agencies – notably immigration officials – in civil court ...

Media personality Stephen A. Smith has repeatedly taken Democrats to task over hot-button issues in 2025. The Democratic ...

The Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act, which is led in the House by Representative Huffman. The bill would permanently protect 484,733 acres of public lands and ...

The Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act is cosponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.

Targeting California - through lawsuits, policies to undermine state laws and insults hurled at its leaders - has become a ...

2025 Media Malpractice Recognized With the Heckler Awards – Pt. 2: The Individual (Dis)Honors ...

It could be one of the oddest election cycles in California’s 175 years as a state, albeit one that puts the state’s ...

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