Kyung Lah

Oakland, California, residents are unnerved and some say they are moving out of state after a rise in violent crime that has community activists, including the local NAACP members, demanding urgent action from city officials.

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday called on his party to turn away from what he described as a growing threat of populism led by his former White House boss Donald Trump and “his imitators.”

Republican Kari Lake, who lost the 2022 race for Arizona governor and has closely aligned herself with former President Donald Trump, is expected to announce a Senate bid as early as next month, two sources familiar with the planning tell CNN.

At the Kern County Fair this weekend, monster trucks roar in a grandstand, all-Alaskan racing pigs squeal in a tent, and at the county Republican party table, voters smile and pose next to a life-sized cardboard picture of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

California Gov. Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat

Nevada grand jury indicts six pro-Trump fake electors

A Nevada grand jury has indicted six individuals who acted as fake electors in a scheme intended to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, according to the state’s attorney general.

Officials in Arizona release Rudy Giuliani’s mug shot after he pleaded not guilty in election subversion case

An independent auditor has faulted the state for lax oversight in various cases of fraud and mismanagement, including the nation’s largest pandemic scam. Gov. Tim Walz has pushed back on calls for accountability.

Japanese business confidence at record low