Tag: California

Last week Rep. Maxine Waters called Trump "the most deplorable person I've ever met in my life." (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Maxine Waters: Trump ‘cares about nothing’

Caitlin Yilek · August 7, 2017 4:36 pm

Brown can't be a good liberal so long as he strays from the party line. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Beltway Confidential

‘We’re not like a Marxist party,’ Gov. Jerry Brown asks Democrats to accept diversity of opinion on abortion

Philip Wegmann · August 7, 2017 4:15 pm

"Leadership has not been clever enough, or strong enough, or perhaps visionary enough," Brown said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

California Gov. Jerry Brown: Democrats not ‘clever enough’

John Siciliano · August 6, 2017 2:23 pm

"If the law is ambiguous we can often clarify it through litigation," said California Gov. Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Jerry Brown open to suing Trump over ‘sanctuary cities’

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 8:29 pm

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley/Released)

National Security

US runs successful ICBM test launch in California

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2017 11:31 am

Insurers who sell coverage on California's exchange will be increasing premiums by an average of 12.5 percent for 2018, state officials announced Tuesday. That number, however, could almost double if the Trump administration chooses to cut off insurer payments known as cost-sharing reduction payments, said Peter Lee, the executive director of Covered California, the name of the state's exchange. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

California exchange announces rate hikes amid uncertainty about insurer payments

Kimberly Leonard · August 1, 2017 6:47 pm

The border structure separating San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it has issued a waiver to get around environmental rules and speed up border construction projects near San Diego, one of the country's busiest border sectors. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Energy and Environment

DHS waives environmental rules to boost San Diego border

Anna Giaritelli · August 1, 2017 12:35 pm

Kicking the Big Bucket

The Scrapbook · August 1, 2017 9:45 am

"For the first time in a generation, the Olympics are coming back to the United States, and I am proud to support LA 2028." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump celebrates Los Angeles being awarded the 2028 Olympics

Kyle Feldscher · August 1, 2017 1:49 am

With the help of hedge fund billionaire George Soros, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee hopes to wrest control from voters of congressional re-districting in 2021 when booming conservative states such as Texas will gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

Gov. Greg Abbott: How George Soros is helping Obama Democrats buy their way back to power

Greg Abbott · July 29, 2017 3:06 pm

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said on Friday that the U.S. must upgrade its missile defenses following the newest North Korea test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Dan Sullivan: North Korea launch shows need for new missile defenses

Travis J. Tritten · July 28, 2017 8:10 pm

Kicking the Big Bucket

The Scrapbook · July 28, 2017 7:00 am