Former OneRepublic bassist Tim Myers launched his campaign website on Monday and promised to “fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks."

Trump was also quick to criticize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to both disasters, and as president, he has said he wants to "wean off" FEMA and phase out the agency in an effort to shift more responsibility for recovery to states.

Rob Bonta toured a Napa summer program where AmeriCorps members shared how federal funding cuts have disrupted their work with local students.

San Bernardino Diocese, the sixth largest in the US, grants Catholics dispensation from mass obligation amid concerns over immigration enforcement actions.

California has increased its discretionary reserves as a direct consequence of Trump’s ongoing threats to FEMA.

In an L.A. park, Trump unleashed his latest show of farce: The Battle of the Photo Op, argues columnist Gustavo Arellano. Elon Musk’s America Party is a long shot, argues columnist Jonah Goldberg. After a climber survived a gruesome injury in the Sierras, it took five helicopters to rescue her.

Republicans have a paper-thin House majority — as demonstrated by the 218-214 final vote on Trump’s high priority bill — and Valadao, Kim and Calvert barely survived past challenges. Valadao first won a congressional seat in 2012, lost it in 2018 and regained it in 2020. He successfully fended off Democrat Rudy Salas in 2022 and 2024.

The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds.