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He wants to make California Republicans relevant again. So why does the GOP dislike him?
Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a newcomer to the California Legislature, wants to retake power from Democrats with his unapologetically brash, Trump-inspired conservatism. So why do so many Republican insiders dislike him?
Why Trump’s conditions on LA fire aid put California Republicans in a tough spot
Do they fight for unconditional fight for wildfire victims in their home state? Or fall in line behind President Trump?
California GOP lawmaker wants to end ‘sanctuary state’ protections for sex traffickers
Will this GOP bill targeting undocumented immigrant sex traffickers make it through a Legislature controlled by a Democratic supermajority?
‘Diminished influence’: California’s missing clout
By almost any measure, California has lost clout in Congress in the last few years, with a lack of top leaders and committee leaders.
Trump’s conditions for federal fire funds in California ‘political theater,’ expert believes
Despite the president's pledge to withhold funds to the region, outside influences, including three global sporting events, could force his hand.
Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker's threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions
California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached,
Johnson opens door to linking voter ID to California disaster aid after Trump demand
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is keeping the door open to conditioning California disaster aid on the state enacting voter identification laws, days after President Trump said he wanted to link the
Trump visits California after ripping 'idiot' Newsom on wildfire; critics bash crime, homelessness, spending
President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating wildfires and handling of sanctuary cities ahead of his visit to the Golden State.
The GOP blamed the L.A. fires on California’s ‘forest management.’ But that’s not the problem
The native landscape is chaparral, not forest—and clearing out the brush could make fires even worse. When the Palisades Fire started near a hiking trail in Los Angeles on January 7—quickly spreading to more than 200 acres in 20 minutes,
Republicans want to prevent wildfires. But GOP leaders are making it hard to get disaster aid
Some Republican leaders insist that before California can get disaster aid, there will be conditions attached.
Trump wants California to institute restrictive voter law before receiving fire aid
The president suggested California shouldn't receive fire aid unless it institutes enhanced voter identification measures.
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California’s Newsom will join GOP governors in raising flag for Trump inauguration
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and some GOP governors in directing U.S. flags be raised to full height on Inauguration Day.