CalMatters
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As Trump administration weighs cutting federal funds to California, Newsom suggests withholding taxes from federal government. -
L.A. Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed 55 years ago while covering an anti-Vietnam War protest in East L.A. His case illustrates the dangers journalists face today as police fire “less lethal munitions” into crowds. -
Newsom is now questioning the president’s mental fitness and called him a “stone cold liar.” -
David Huerta leads a union that's a big player in the California Capitol, where it presses to raise wages for workers in many careers. -
It’s exceedingly rare for presidents to call up the National Guard in opposition to a governor’s wishes, as President Trump did in deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other leading California Democrats criticized President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard soldiers in Los Angeles, calling it an unnecessary provocation. -
Proposed legislation hasn't moved out of the Assembly and Senate, raising questions about how far California will go in efforts to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damage. -
A CalMatters investigation finds a dangerous shortage of defense investigators across the state. -
California is a sanctuary state where police can’t help federal immigration authorities. Lawmakers want to keep them out of schools and hospitals. -
State takes its tariffs fight to the 9th Circuit appeals court, which experts believe is more likely to give it a favorable ruling.
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