The appointment of Maria Elena Cruz broadens the racial, geographic and political diversity of the seven-member, ...

President Donald Trump's Justice Department has moved to dismiss the case prosecuting former Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry ...

The Justice Department on Wednesday moved to toss out charges against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), who resigned ...

During a crisis, the news media and voting public will judge the actions of those who hold or aspire to office.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and the former mayor of San Francisco, America’s liberal center, has waived environmental ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy and the son of former Attorney General and Sen.

President Trump has promised tough immigration enforcement. California’s Democratic lawmakers say they’ll push back.

For years he worked for Kevin McCarthy in his Central Valley district. Now he holds the same seat in the House.

A day after President Donald Trump claimed to have used the U.S. military and emergency powers to pump more water from ...

Longtime conservative activist Carl DeMaio won an Assembly seat last year, arguing the GOP must be more aggressive against Democratic policies. Some Republicans call him a self-promoter who can’t be ...

Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a newcomer to the California Legislature, wants to retake power from Democrats with ...

Trump’s comments were the latest in a series of attacks he’s lodged and actions he’s taken against the state’s water policy ...