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Republican senators sifted through familiar procedural hurdles toward a final vote on legislation that would dramatically transform the tax code and Medicaid.

It might seem like easy money to tax migrants, but that doesn't make it smart policy. The House's budget and the Senate's both go down this dangerous path.

Landlords say the ban on evictions took their private property in violation of the Constitution.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced late Saturday that he was pulling a plan to sell up to more than 1 million acres of federal land from the Trump-backed 'One Big Beautiful Bill.'

Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about vaccines and health.

Hazing and silencing a GOP assemblyman also demonstrated contempt for the San Diego voters he represents. The juvenile behavior highlights a downside of single-party rule in California.

Supreme Court ruled for red states, conservative parents and Trump, while the three liberals dissented.

California's court fight to reign in the president's use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim origins and a Spaghetti Western-sounding moniker.

The Protect HB campaign won, leaning on social media outreach, door knocking, rallies and a nonpartisan message stressing the common good that was the city library.

Southern California Edison's admission that its equipment may have ignited the Hurst fire in the San Fernando Valley on Jan. 7 is being seized on by lawyers suing the company for another fire in the same area.