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SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the start of his second term Friday on the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, choosing the moment to contrast California’s progressive …

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Jan 6, the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian world — or as we say it in Spanish, …

WASHINGTON —  Ceding to a long-standing Turkish demand, the State Department on Thursday agreed to begin spelling the country’s name in Turkish in its official documents. Turkey will now be referred …

Los Angeles City Hall has no jurisdiction over a long-contested mountainous territory in the South Caucasus, but it was still the subject of attention from Mayor Karen Bass and City …

WASHINGTON —  House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield on Thursday failed in his seventh and eighth attempts to be elected speaker, extending the saga over which Republican will succeed Nancy …

This is the Jan. 5, 2023, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get …

SACRAMENTO —  Ahead of a massive storm expected to drench an already sodden state, officials throughout California are rushing to bring some of the tens of thousands of people living on …

WASHINGTON —  As House Republicans squabbled Wednesday over who would lead them, President Biden made a rare appearance with Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to promote a bipartisan infrastructure law that …

WASHINGTON  —  Republican leader Kevin McCarthy surely could have seen defeat coming: The wave that swamped him has been building for years. In 2015, attacks from the right wing drove …

WASHINGTON —  Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) failed three times to secure a majority of votes to succeed Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) as speaker of the House on Tuesday before the chamber …