President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to take the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, when below-freezing temperatures are again expected, recalls the last time cold weather prompted a similar decision.

On the heels of the backlash to his gestures at a Donald Trump inauguration event and his attempts to make Nazi-related jokes on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right party on ...

Much-needed rain helped firefighters make gains on several blazes in Southern California on Monday as flooding shuttered schools, triggered landslides and prompted road closures. Intermittent ...

LOS ANGELES – President Donald Trump, long a vocal detractor of California, touched down in Los Angeles on Friday to tour fire ravaged areas, pledging federal support after days of criticizing ...

NOWHERE. WELL, A GROUP WANTING CALIFORNIA TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES IS TRYING TO GET THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS A GROUP HAS BEEN CLEARED TO START GATHERING ...

THE BUZZ: CHAOS RULES — Conservative law enforcement leaders say they increasingly feel caught in a tug-of-war between California’s sanctuary law and President Donald Trump’s push to crack ...

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has approved a campaign to gather signatures petitioning for a vote on whether the Golden State should leave the U.S. and become an independent country ...

Billionaire BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Declares No One Should Have To Work Longer Than They Want But Says Retiring At 65 Is 'Crazy' In a world where retirement feels increasingly like a mirage on ...

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the state's highest office. Rhoden, formerly the 39th lieutenant governor of ...

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California should, then, follow a University of Chicago conclusion: “Wildfire emissions need to be a key part of climate policy if California is going to meet its emission reduction goals.” Instead, Newsom and company use climate change as an excuse, suggesting in essence that their hands are tied until we reverse the Earth’s climate trajectory.