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Are California’s in-home caregivers on Republicans’ chopping block?

Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him since

When the Trump administration kneecapped a key federal program that funds electric-vehicle charging infrastructure in February, it seemed inevitable that lawsuits would follow. Three months later, a group of 16 states, including California, New York, Colorado and Washington, have sued the federal government in an effort to keep money for…

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is seeking the death penalty for two Mexicans operating a boat that capsized off the coast of California, killing at least three people

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration for withholding funds from for the buildout of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. The federal lawsuit says $5 billion allocated to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 cannot be withdrawn by the…

Democrats did the right thing, got attacked for it, then caved.

The mega-deal Rivian struck with the Volkswagen Group last year brings the electric-vehicle startup that much closer to achieving the kind of escape velocity that only Tesla has reached so far. Volkswagen agreed to inject $5.8 billion into the California-based automaker, with the money arriving in chunks over time. 

Plus: Arkansas legalizes ADUs, activists sue to stop missing middle housing, and Trump's housing plans for federal lands

A suspected migrant smuggling boat carrying an estimated 18 people capsized on Monday off the coast of Del Mar, in southern California