California Ditches Fight With Feds For High-Speed Rail Funds
California has withdrawn a lawsuit against the Trump administration that sought to recover roughly $4 billion in federal…
Federal Regulator Clears Sable Pipeline Restart in California, Shares Surge 30%
A federal regulator approved the restart of Sable Offshore Corp.’s contested California oil pipeline that leaked 3,000 barrels…
In California, This Is What It Takes to Make a Home Wildfire-Ready
Homeowners looking to adapt to increasingly ferocious wildfires face a paradox. While they can undertake any number of…
Muni Buyers Ignore Trump Tiff in University of California Sale
The University of California sold $2.2 billion of municipal bonds on Tuesday, executing a deal of which a…
How Gavin Newsom’s Climate Claims Match Up Against California’s Record
The COP30 climate summit is entering its endgame in Brazil. But the US will have no influence over…
University of California Faculty Win Block on Trump Defunding
The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds…
Texas, California Usher in the Era of ‘Perpetual Redistricting’
This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, domestic policy…
Elections in NY, NJ, Virginia and California: What to Know
Tuesday’s elections will show how voters are judging Donald Trump’s policies since he returned to the presidency in…
If California Prop 50 Passes, Expect Claims of Voter Fraud
How badly do voters in California want to stick it to President Donald Trump? A special election next…
Trump Cancels San Francisco Raids After Benioff, Huang Calls
President Donald Trump said he’s calling off the deployment of federal troops to San Francisco after speaking to…
Trump Deploys Border Agents to San Francisco Area in Crackdown
The Trump administration is sending more than 100 federal officers to a military base outside of San Francisco,…
California’s Gavin Newsom Pits His Future on Battling Trump
Earlier this year, as wildfires tore across Southern California, Gavin Newsom confronted what felt to him like the…