Less than a year after 10 million Californians voted to lengthen prison sentences and crack down on retail theft and fentanyl dealing, Governor Gavin Newsom is shutting down yet another state prison.

It is a classic political threat. Take one more step, and I will act. But this time, even though the target is Texas ...

Texas is an open partisan primary state, which means it does not have to register voters by party affiliation. When voters go to the polls in the primary, they can freely choose between a Republican ...

Gerrymandering wasn’t invented by Trump. It predates most states in the union. It’s named after Elbridge Gerry, who sliced up Massachusetts in 1812 to help his party, leaving behind a district so ...

Warrants have been issued for the civil arrest of Texas House members who have traveled to states like Illinois and New York in order to break quorum. However, these warrants have ...

“In the last few months alone,” the letter continues, “President Trump has filed baseless lawsuits against news organizations that have published stories he does not like and leveraged them into ...

Responding to pressure from President Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature are moving forward with a plan to redraw their district lines in advance of the 2026 ...

Americans have spoken, again and again — and the message is crystal clear: members of Congress should not be allowed to trade stocks while in office. Yet, despite bipartisan legislative proposals and ...

The celebrity-studded wildfire relief concert held on January 30, 2025, was to raise funds to aid victims of the Palisades and Altadena fires, two of the most destructive wildfires in California ...

Texas Republicans have threatened to redraw their maps to protect their party’s majority in Congress. California Democrats have, in turn, threatened to respond with their own mid-decade redistricting ...