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President Trump announced during his State of the Union that he was warding Team USA's hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

California has the nation's largest congressional delegation, so its elected officials frequently have an outsized presence in the nation's capital.

More than 30 congressional Democrats have pledged to boycott President Trump's address. Others plan to attend alternative events.

The court said Congress in 1946 barred lawsuits against the Postal Service, including in instances where mail is stolen or misdirected by postal employees.

Trump is expected to focus on his immigration crackdown and his promises to go after what he says is government "waste, fraud and abuse."

Warner Bros. Discovery continued to endorse the competing Netflix bid but said its board was reviewing the revised Paramount Skydance proposal.

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week visited San Quentin prison to celebrate a milestone in turning the once-notorious lockup into a model of progressive public safety.

The president is confronting crises that have left Washington unsettled and his own political standing diminished early in his second term.

This is the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac -- but for the White House, it's more like the Year of Babies.

In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, Governor Gavin Newsom recalls how George W. Bush's 2004 State of the Union inadvertently sparked a revolution in California civil rights.