Laphonza Butler, Newsom's Feinstein replacement, to make LGBT history
Laphonza Butler will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress and the first openly LGBT senator from California.
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Laphonza Butler will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress and the first openly LGBT senator from California.
Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and EMILYs List president, was named to fill California's Senate seat left open by the death of Dianne Feinstein.
For only the second time in U.S. history, migrant apprehensions along the southern border surpassed 2 million in a single fiscal year, federal data obtained by CBS News shows.
Americans with student loan debt need to begin repaying their loans again after a hiatus of more than three years.
California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to close a loophole in a 2019 law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state's rent cap.
"I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid," Rep. Matt Gaetz said of his plan to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership role.
Another Powerball drawing, another week without someone hitting the jackpot, which was nearly $1 billion dollars.
Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars.
Throughout her career in the U.S. Senate, Dianne Feinstein was a champion for the environment and conservation of California's wild places.
At the California GOP convention Friday, Donald Trump claimed that rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad because they're denied water and called on police to shoot people robbing stores.
A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations in the Bay Area to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay and also to sell or shut their businesses.
The walkout by Kaiser Permanente nurses, orderlies and other workers represents the biggest health care strike in U.S. history.
Born into affluence, late California Senator Dianne Feinstein was long one of the wealthiest U.S. lawmakers.
Dianne Feinstein found Harvey Milk's body when he and the San Francisco mayor were assassinated — and she broke the news to the world.
A Nevada grand jury indicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the long-unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, prosecutors announced in court Friday.
