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Hedge fund founder Tom Steyer, among the top Democrats running for governor who has spent more than $100 million of his money on his campaign, faces questions about how he made his wealth.

President Trump endorses conservative commentator Steve Hilton in the California gubernatorial contest. Hilton and his fellow Republican Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County, have been leading polls in the state.

Jack Kavanagh's website, Rough & Tumble, has a worldwide audience despite -- or perhaps because of -- its lack of flash, commentary and snark. It's a well-respected compendium of politics and policy.

The forced departure of Randy George in the middle of a war created yet another blow to morale inside the Pentagon, where officials expressed dismay over the state of the department's leadership.

It was another 'quiet, piggy' week in an administration that is increasingly openly hostile to women in power.

Trump suffered an onslaught of court losses this last week on immigration, Jan. 6 liability and the White House ballroom.

A significant number of mail-in ballots arrived too late to be counted in California's Nov. 4 special election for Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom's successful measure to reconfigure the state's congressional districts, according to state data.

While other appointees have been forced out by judges, Bill Essayli has been allowed to lead the L.A. office under the title of 'first assistant U.S. attorney.'

House Democrats will hold informal hearings in California on midterm election security, following multiple threats of intervention in state-run voting by the Trump administration.

The president's new budget requests funding from Congress to convert the historic site into a working "state-of-the-art" prison.