Efforts to ban students' cellphones at school is gaining rare bipartisan consensus in Republican and Democrat-led states.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, desperate to appear as if he's leading on the wildfire debacle, now tacitly admits that his state's onerous regulatory apparatus represents an obstacle to blaze victims hoping to eventually reclaim their lives.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) raised concerns about the possibility of President-elect Trump withholding federal disaster aid to the state amid the ongoing wildfires in the greater Los Angeles

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded the focus of a special session he called to pass legislation safeguarding the state's progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

In recent weeks, Trump and his allies — notably billionaire Elon Musk on his X platform — have attacked Newsom’s leadership and at times promoted misinformation about California’s response. And House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested there should be conditions on federal wildfire aid to force changes in California.

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking.

Southern Californians are bracing for gusty winds and a heightened risk of wildfires, less than two weeks after the outbreak of deadly blazes that have killed at least 27 people and charred thousands of homes.

Everyone is loving what Joe Rogan said about California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week. Newsom, the Governor of California, is taking heat for a video in which he appears to smirk and dance in front of a burned down house in Southern California.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and some GOP governors in directing U.S. flags be raised to full height on Inauguration Day.

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of Homeland Security, on whether she would apply conditions to or withhold

The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.

Newsom is facing sharp criticism over the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles. Newsweek writers decide if he should face a recall.