Tag: California

Beltway Confidential

California government documents will recognize gender identity

Emily Jashinsky · October 17, 2017 4:14 pm

Yvette Felarca has a long history of protest herself, but recent allegations suggest she has been recruiting middle schoolers to join her militant left-wing group By Any Means Necessary.

How a teachers union is protecting a violent Antifa radical

Teresa Mull · October 17, 2017 4:01 am

Citizens for Waters paid for tickets on Aug. 26, according to a Federal Election Commission report of receipts and disbursements. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Maxine Waters’ campaign committee wrote off $10,000 spent on ‘Hamilton’ tickets as a fundraiser expense

Naomi Lim · October 17, 2017 12:26 am

Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark "sanctuary state" legislation Thursday, limiting who state and local law enforcement groups can detain, question, and transfer at the request of federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California’s ‘sanctuary state’ policy exposes disconnect between Democrat elites and ordinary Californians

Assemblyman Travis Allen · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Kevin de Leon will face off with Dianne Feinstein in California's jungle primary next summer. The top two finishers of that contest will compete in the general election in November. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Democrat Kevin de Leon announces primary challenge to Dianne Feinstein, promises to fight Trump

Josh Siegel · October 15, 2017 6:10 pm

"When the president became president, I saw the threat to it," Pelosi said. "I said, 'I gotta stay to take care of the Affordable Care Act.' And that's my fight, my mission, but also to have women, women at the table, at the leadership table." (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Nancy Pelosi: I have to stay in the House to defend Obamacare

Naomi Lim · October 15, 2017 1:50 pm

Fire crews battle a wildfire Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Energy and Environment

Wildfires now up to 100 miles wide as death toll reaches 40

Associated Press · October 15, 2017 12:47 pm

The California fires have released more than 10,000 tons of PM 2.5, particles that are a couple micrometers in diameter and regulated by the EPA due to concerns about their impact on human health. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Energy and Environment

California wildfires polluting air much faster than Cali cars

Diana Stancy Correll · October 13, 2017 10:04 pm

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman characterized President Trump's decision to block the payments to insurers as "unacceptable, cruel, and it's unlawful." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

More lawsuits expected to challenge Trump ending Obamacare insurer subsidies

Robert King · October 13, 2017 7:51 pm

ICE said that because of the devastation the fires are bringing to California, the agency will "suspend routine immigration enforcement operations in the areas affected" at places such as shelters and evacuation sites.

Feds suspend immigration enforcement near California fires

Kelly Cohen · October 13, 2017 5:55 pm

"Silicon Valley is full of disruptors that are changing business. Steve Bannon is a disruptor that is changing politics," California's GOP chairman told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Steve Bannon to keynote California Republican convention dinner

David M. Drucker · October 13, 2017 4:22 pm

Kevin De Leon has started calling local officials and labor leaders in the state as he gets ready to campaign against Feinstein. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Dianne Feinstein gets a Democratic primary challenger: Report

Al Weaver · October 12, 2017 8:25 pm