Local Reps Hill, Rouda Put On Panel Probing Trump's White House
Katie Hill was one of five Democratic freshmen given a seat on the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee where Democrats launch investigations into the Trump Administration.
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Katie Hill was one of five Democratic freshmen given a seat on the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee where Democrats launch investigations into the Trump Administration.
The Senate passed the bill Friday afternoon.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday night he will wait to give his State of the Union address until after the partial government shutdown is over.
Gavin Newsom, 51, took office Monday and quickly dove into governing the nation's most populous state, but with a different focus and touch than his 80-year-old predecessor, fellow Democrat Jerry Brown.
A source close to Gabbard confirmed to CBS News that she is running.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $144 billion general fund budget on Thursday that's up 4 percent from the current year and predicted a $21.4 billion surplus from robust tax collections and slower growth of state health care costs.
Tom Steyer, a 61-year-old hedge fund manager, said he will focus on a group he founded after Trump's win in 2016 that looked to garner public support around impeaching the president.
President Trump will make a prime time address Tuesday night from the Oval Office about border security.
The 116th class of Congress broke barriers before its members even set foot in Washington.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is leaving office Jan. 7 after signing more than 1,000 laws in his last year, further positioning the state as a bastion of liberal activism and goad to President Donald Trump.
California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new DNA tests that a condemned inmate says could clear him in a 35-year-old quadruple murder case, which has drawn national attention.
More than 420,000 federal employees will have to work without pay, and an additional 380,000 will be furloughed.
The shutdown will last until both the House and Senate pass a funding bill, and the president signs it.
The White House has ordered the Pentagon to pull U.S. troops from Syria immediately.
The Senate late Wednesday approved a stopgap sending measure that will keep the government open until February without President Trump's requested $5 billion for a border wall.
