Tag: California

Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, speaks prior to Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs's State of the State address, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona GOP leader seeks hearing on taxpayer risk in Paramount merger case

David Zimmermann, Kaelan Deese · August 20, 2026 4:58 pm

The city of San Francisco.

America’s most beautiful big city is back from the dead

Dennis Lennox · August 20, 2026 11:00 am

Former President Joe Biden, left, and an AI deepfake human in blue, right. (AP News)

Prosecutors busted the Biden deepfake without an AI law. That’s the point

Bartlett Cleland · August 20, 2026 9:00 am

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration

California’s wealth tax is already failing

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2026 5:00 am

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., arrives with his son Hodge, for an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2023, celebrating the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, is second from right.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez accused of sexual assault in witness testimony to Ethics Committee

Emily Hallas · August 19, 2026 7:52 pm

This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows firefighter A.J. Tevis watching the flames of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The House has approved a wide-ranging bill that speeds logging of trees burned in last year's massive Rim Fire in California. The measure also allows vehicular access to North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore, extends livestock grazing permits on federal land in the West and lifts longstanding restrictions on canoes, rafts and other "hand-propelled" watercraft in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Oakland fined this couple $915,000 for preventing fires. That’s 18 times the penalty for actual arson

Laura Beth Latimer · August 19, 2026 8:00 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) looks stern.

California special interest groups follow Newsom into early 2028 primary states

Barnini Chakraborty · August 19, 2026 7:00 am

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a primary runoff election night event after winning the Republican party's nomination Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Plano, Texas.

Baby in Texas surrogacy battle receives heart surgery after Paxton intervention

Emily Hallas · August 18, 2026 2:47 pm

Then-Rep. Eric Swalwell talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, California, April 7, 2026.

Eric Swalwell admitted to relationship with Chinese spy ‘Fang Fang,’ FBI files show

David Zimmermann · August 18, 2026 12:06 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

Karen Bass touted fake poll that showed big lead in LA mayoral race, firm says

Brady Knox · August 17, 2026 8:10 pm

Paramount seeks $1.88 billion bond to cover financial losses from blocked merger

David Zimmermann · August 17, 2026 4:27 pm

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) addresses the crowd at a ceremony on March 26, 2025, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Dundalk, Maryland. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats are simply incapable of building things

Zachary Faria · August 17, 2026 3:27 pm