And in the balance of power between the Trump administration and the nation’s most populous state, California was on the losing end. “We’re at DEFCON 1 in the conflict between California and the Trump administration,

Trump signed measures Thursday revoking waivers for the state's mandates that clean up car and truck exhaust and ramp up sales of electric vehicles. California and 10 other states immediately sued and the governor ordered the air board to craft a new mandate.

California Democrats are blasting the taxpayer expense of President Trump sending troops to quell anti-ICE riots while the state spends billions yearly on illegal immigrants.

A California senator was forcibly removed from a news conference. Trump’s military parade this weekend is spurring nationwide protests. The House approved a DOGE-inspired package of funding cuts. The U.

The three resolutions Trump will sign will block California’s rule phasing out gas-powered cars and end the sale of new ones by 2035. They will also kill rules that phase out the sale of medium- and heavy-duty diesel vehicles and cut tailpipe emissions from trucks.

Newsom’s barrage of attacks have left many demoralized Democrats hoping this is the anti-Trump leader they’ve been waiting for, but others wonder whether the governor has chosen the wrong

The move sets up another battle with Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has sparred with Trump in recent days over the president’s intervention in L.A. protests.

A federal judge’s National Guard order, backlash to roughing up Padilla, and growing protests show the administration may have overplayed its hand.