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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has become the face of the state's resistance to President Donald Trump, challenging the Republican administration's policies nearly four dozen times in court and providing the kind of meat-and-potatoes opposition that Democratic activists say they want. Yet, he was eclipsed at last weekend's state Democratic Party convention by Dave Jones, the comparatively obscure state insurance commissioner who wants Becerra's job.
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More than half of all Californians do not want to be Democrats. You would hardly suspect that, however, from the fact that Democrats hold every statewide office and that, but for recent disqualifications due to scandal, two thirds of both houses of the California Legislature are Democrats.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein failed to pick up the endorsement of her own party back in California, where the four-term Democrat is running for another stint in the Senate. In fact, delegates at the California Democratic Party's convention failed to reach a 60% majority for any U.S. Senate candidate, or anyone running for statewide office.
David and Louse Turpin, who are charged with torturing their children by starving, beating and shackling them, are schedu... . FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2018 file photo, David Turpin appears in court in Riverside, Calif.
On February 9, 2018, Judge Charles E. Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California held that "newly discovered evidence" regarding the basis for an auditor's resignation and the scope of improper expense reimbursements did not justify reconsidering the Court's prior dismissal of claims under Section 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for failure to sufficiently allege scienter and loss causation. Rok v.
Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice. While the guns look similar, the bottom version is illegal in California because of its quick reload capabilities.
The election of Donald Trump may have surprised some observers, but many Californians felt a sense of dA jA vu. Just over 20 years ago, the state passed Proposition 187.
It's not often that an obscure state official manages to lay a serious defeat on the President of the United States. But that's what Alex Padilla pulled off early this year, and he did it without any gloating.
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 street gang and border security, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Washington. . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., smiles as he meets with reporters as work continues on a plan to keep the government as a funding deadline approaches, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.
President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud. America's economic recovery has benefited California more than most states because the real estate crash hit the Golden State a lot harder.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee is finishing its investigation into the meeting between Russians and President Donald Trump's campaign in June 2016 - and Grassley wants to release transcripts from closed-door interviews with Trump's son and others.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018.
Offshore oil drilling platforms along the California coastline in Huntington Beach. The Trump administration has announced it will open new leases off the California coast, a move strongly opposed by state residents.
After taking the oath of office a year ago, President Donald Trump turned west to offer a preview of his presidency. “From this moment on, it's going to be America first,” he declared from the Capitol steps.
Trump could have guaranteed himself re-election if he would have told Jeff Sessions to have this lawless "law enforcement" official arrested during his announcement that federal laws don't apply to his state: The state's top cop issued a warning to California employers Thursday that businesses face legal repercussions, including fines up to $10,000, if they assist federal immigration authorities with a potential widespread immigration crackdown.
California legislators are fighting back against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' attempt to crack down on state cannabis programs, launching letter-writing campaigns, proposing new laws and discussing federal lawsuits to safeguard legal marijuana. "The genie is out of the bottle, so to speak," said Rep. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, who's calling for federal legislators to block Department of Justice appointments until the Trump administration changes its stance on marijuana.
To intertwine cliches, Gov. Jerry Brown let the cat out of the bag last week and acknowledged that he's concerned about killing the golden geese. Those geese are the few thousand Californians with the highest incomes whose taxes allow Brown and other California politicians to spend tens of billions of dollars a year and the new federal tax overhaul encourages them to take their money elsewhere.
In this Jan. 10 photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. United States President Donald Trump has defended himself in the wake of recent disparaging comments about Haiti and African nations, declaring that "I am not a racist".