Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of default
With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation's debt ceiling.
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With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation's debt ceiling.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
San Francisco's polarizing former top prosecutor on Wednesday announced he has no plans to run for his old job in 2024 after taking a job as executive director of a new criminal law research and advocacy center at University of California, Berkeley's law school.
California lawmakers voted to advance more than a dozen fentanyl bills this past week.
One rally Wednesday morning saw lawmakers and activists gather for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, while a rally during the afternoon hours saw protesters calling for an end to ongoing renovations at the Capitol.
A California appeals court says Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be let out of prison on parole.
A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison.
A long-awaited proposal to finance a Major League Baseball stadium on the Las Vegas Strip is scheduled for its first public hearing at the Nevada Legislature.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg recently made the announcement he will not run for re-election. Now, the next question remains about who wants to run to replace him.
To pass their debt ceiling deal, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will now have to sell it to their respective parties.
The Oakland Athletics are asking Nevada for $380 million for a 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican negotiators are "closer to an agreement" that would resolve the looming debt crisis, but there's no deal yet with President Joe Biden.
Tom Carper, the U.S. Senate's last Vietnam veteran, shared his thoughts on his last Memorial Day in office.
Egyptian antiquities authorities have unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were discovered recently at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo.
A judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service can keep using chemical retardant to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law.
The California Highway Patrol on Wednesday released video showing this month's DUI arrest of state Senator Dave Min in Sacramento.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive political question with no easy answer: Who would California Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to replace her if the seat becomes vacant.
The Supreme Court says it won't get involved in a dispute over a California animal cruelty law that bars foie gras from being sold in the state.
Authorities say they are investigating an apparent gunfight at an off-road vehicle rally in Mexico's Baja California state that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded.
Increasing numbers are calling on the Biden administration to be tougher at border.
In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia has announced that has banned 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert.
Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing.
California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills Thursday.
The late Tupac Shakur is getting part of an Oakland city street named after him.
