This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Not only has Gov. Gavin Newsom vocally opposed the proposed California billionaire tax, but he also wants to prevent t...

If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.

New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034

The Trump administration has transformed the Securities and Exchange Commission into an instrument of financial sector chicanery.

Inside the AI industry's worst-case-scenario prep.

The New York City mayor dismissed criticism over remarks that focused primarily on Israel’s military campaign rather than Hamas’ attack.

Trump's ambiguity is the point in his new “warning'” about Iran attacking cities in California.

[T]he Trump-RFK Jr. anti-vax agenda keeps getting more corrupt and dangerous."

The daughter of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles recently traveled to Republika Srpska, a small self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina led by a pro-Russian political party, as an …

ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.

The threat comes a week after Trump signed an executive order renaming AI to “super intelligence.”

Establishment Democrats obsessing over Hasan Piker’s every move seem to have no issue talking to Maher, despite his decades of open bigotry.

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Kushner and Steve Witkoff are using the Russia-Ukraine talks to help their industry buddies.

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data — such as what Flock Safety’s hallmark technology collects — may violate the Fourth …

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.

The move comes amid anti-corruption backlash that could hinder the MAGA movement’s political hopes in the weeks ahead — and beyond.

An appeals court Tuesday sided with a lower court judge who determined President Trump colluded with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in bringing and later dismissing a case seeking $10 billion in d…

Despite support from other Democrats, the Senate voted 51-47 against a resolution to force U.S. probes on killings of Americans in the West Bank.

What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.

The president offered a timely reminder that his definition of “fake” news is “accurate information he doesn’t like.”

A New York City bill would strike a huge blow to Amazon’s outsourcing model. The battle is already spreading to other cities.

He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.

White House senior deputy press secretary Kush Desai is leaving the West Wing for a senior communications role at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The White House spokesp…

The president’s White House tour for the Chinese leader sank into antics that a former aide condemned.

A new report tracks the series of donations AI executives made before Trump scrapped a major regulation.

Trump and RFK, Jr. constantly and deliberately spew falsehoods. We know this, they know this—why doesn't the press?

The claims in Nevada are part of Trump's broader accusations of widespread noncitizen voting.

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He couldn’t even stay awake for Xi’s first visit to the White House in over a decade.