Why these top Californians keep talking about abortion
THE BUZZ: CALIFORNIA CALVARY — California’s two likeliest future Democratic presidential contenders, Gov. Gavin Newsom and ...
Gavin Newsom and teachers union resolve their budget beef
SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s largest teachers union have reached a deal that would provide California schools billions more in future funding and resolve a bristling ...
State budget still up in the air
Don’t expect drama: The budget passed by the Senate is the same agreement that the governor, Senate President Don Harmon and ...
Wall Street’s ‘Dirty Harry’ question on Trump
Slowly but surely, the billionaires and investors who shunned former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election are returning to the fold.
Campbell makes housing moves
NEW THIS MORNING — Attorney General Andrea Campbell is tapping a longtime housing lawyer and the director of Harvard Law School’s student-run legal aid organization to head up her new Housing ...
Teens at the shore: Still rowdy
This past weekend was the first test of the updated alcohol possession law for teens, which was designed to cut down on rowdy behavior at the shore. So how’d it go? Not so great, based on this, this ...
Trump’s Manhattan trial on cusp of verdict
The prosecution and defense in former President Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial are slated to deliver their closing arguments today in lower Manhattan. And verdict watch is set to begin as ...
Florida on budget watch
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis passes out pens used during a signing ceremony at the William J. Kirlew Junior Academy on May 9, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Florida. The law created a new voucher program for ...
Playbook: Trump trial ends, Biden alarm accelerates
THE END IS NEAR — Closing arguments begin this morning in Trump’s Manhattan hush money case and could continue into tomorrow. Following the summation of the case, Justice JUAN MERCHAN will then ...
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African Countries Are Failing to Make a Dent in Washington’s Diplomatic Scene
Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Her reported column ...
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‘A Gift’: Abortion offers 2028 prospects a chance to hone their message
The prominent Democrats rallying support for abortion rights are doing more than boosting President Joe Biden — they’re ...
‘Just brutal’: Why America’s hottest city is seeing a surge in deaths
The splurge of one-time funds marks the first time there has been a significant federal investment to keep people safe from ...