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SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom has picked Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist who rose to prominence in the labor movement, to fill the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who died …

ANAHEIM —  As Rep. Kevin McCarthy was turning to Democrats for help passing a stopgap government funding bill, his fellow California Republicans were busy at the party’s state convention in Anaheim, …

On a cool autumn morning 45 years ago, Dianne Feinstein was the first to find the body. It was November 1978, and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk had just been …

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a sweeping deal his office helped forge between fast-food companies and unions that will give workers in the industry a pay increase …

NEW YORK —  U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding …

NEW YORK —  Ending a prolonged snub, President Biden held a “very candid” meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, welcoming possible rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia and …

WASHINGTON —  House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Biden. The hearing — scheduled for Sept. 28 — is expected to focus …

WASHINGTON —  Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging that two agents who claimed interference into the case against him wrongly shared his personal tax information amid escalating …

DES MOINES, Iowa —  Hoping to cut into Donald Trump’s support at a major Iowa gathering of evangelical Christians, several of his top rivals on Saturday mostly avoided direct criticism of …

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