The move reflects a growing sense of urgency on the left as Republican-led states embrace an extremist tactic to disenfranchise voters.

California's Democratic governor has unveiled a high-stakes plan to redraw voting lines in America's most populous state, in order to counter similar efforts by Republicans in Texas.

On Friday morning, Gov. Newsom posted a clip on his X account aimed at President Donald J. Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, a Shreveport native and the city's representative in Congress.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom moves forward with his redistricting plan to counteract Texas' push to eliminate five Democratic seats in Congress, Republican Rep. Ken Calvert decries the proposal that puts his seat at risk.

Newsom’s move to put new congressional maps on the November ballot is in response to the White House asking Texas Governor Greg Abbott for new maps favoring Republicans. It led to Democratic lawmakers fleeing the Lone Star State, denying the Legislature a quorum.

California gubernatorial candidate Stephen J. Cloobeck (D) is out with new television advertisements targeting President Donald Trump. The hospitality businessman

If elected governor, Toni Atkins faces potential conflicts of interest with her spouse’s consulting firms. Atkins and her spouse, Jennifer LeSar, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from clients that also lobby state government.

Until she decided not to run, former Vice President Kamala Harris had loomed over the race as a likely favorite. Now, a host of hopefuls are jockeying for advantage.

After serving several decades in prison, Erik and Lyle Menendez are facing the possibility of freedom as the California Board of Parole Hearings considers this week whether they’ve adequately atoned for the brutal 1989 murder of their parents.