Rob Bonta

The revised standards seek to reverse former President Joe Biden's push toward greater fuel efficiency and electric vehicles

Gavin Newsom wrapped up his last bill signing and vetoing marathon in office Wednesday evening

The California Supreme Court shut down a right-wing sheriff’s efforts to seize and investigate ballots over debunked allegations of vote “discrepancies,” in a legal fight that has helped election officials prepare for any similar attempts during November election

Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special election on statewide congressional redistricting favorable to Democrats and pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom

The settlement delighted Warner Bros shareholders, but drew criticism from opponents of the merger who say it will hurt Hollywood jobs

The share of California registered voters excited about a Newsom presidential run fell 11 points, from 48% in March to 37% in September

Paramount has cleared the final hurdle in its year-long race to take over Warner Bros

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission sued the U.S. Department of the Interior and Invenergy, a California offshore wind leaseholder, over an agreement involving the cancellation of a lease in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area off California's Central Coast

CNN News Central's John Berman and Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten break down her current standing compared to her position back in 2024 and look at what prediction markets say about her chances for running in 2028

Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros

Political calculations loom large: James, Bonta, Tong and some of the other state AGs are up for reelection this November

Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Saturday that is meant to prevent interference in California’s midterm elections in response to efforts by President Trump and other Republicans to restrict voting participation

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Attorney General Rob Bonta were reportedly alerted to an impending exit announcement, though the deadline passed without a formal statement from the studio

With Republicans currently holding a 53-47 majority, a Democratic victory in the November 3 midterm elections could dismantle Trump's capacity to advance judicial appointments once the newly elected Congress takes office next year

During his first term in office, the president appointed three conservative justices to the High Court—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulation was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday before US District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Boston granted an injunction requested by a coalition of trade unions and higher education advocacy groups

In one lawsuit, the states challenged a rule that narrowed the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm,” which had long included encroachments on habitats where endangered animals live

A federal judge in Boston extended on Friday a ban stopping President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new U.S. ‌Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections

In July, a swarm of OpenAI agents worked together to escape their sandbox during a cybersecurity evaluation and break into Hugging Face’s servers

The state just scored a small victory which could keep its hopes alive — though the legal quagmire California and all three branches of the federal government face is far from over

The computer-filled warehouses powering America’s boom in artificial intelligence have become less popular than almost every other kind of infrastructure—even nuclear-power plants

Another $5 billion will be added if Snap, TikTok, and YouTube agree to implement their own safeguards

California’s policy sparked minimal controversy for years until Republicans and anti-LGBTQ+ groups across the US made attacks on trans people a central part of their campaigns in recent election cycles

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more

Ashlee Difuntorum is an entertainment litigator who covers new media

Emily had always battled mental health issues, but when some classmates posted photos of her with an apron and hairnet on social media and began cyberbullying her, it got worse

He doesn’t see Paramount Skydance as nearly so willing to deal

Meta settles US lawsuit over child safety for $17B

He doesn’t see Paramount Skydance as nearly so willing to deal

A federal judge removed a nationwide ban on President Trump's sweeping mail-in voting policy Wednesday after the Supreme Court cleared the way earlier this week

The spot kicks off a statewide TV and digital campaign slated to run through Election Day

Stephen Colbert blasts Paramount for kowtowing to Trump's FCC over Talarico interview

Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and the Directors' Guild of America, among others, have called for a settlement

Parents see landmark Meta trial as turning point in protecting kids online

Other news outlets have referred to them as “motorized menaces” terrorizing communities

The latest big win for the industry came on Friday when Trump sat with hundreds of mining executives and Cabinet members to unveil $3 billion for mineral projects, citing national security and the nation’s reliance on countries like China for those raw materials

The latest big win for the industry came on Friday when Trump sat with hundreds of mining executives and Cabinet members to unveil $3 billion for mineral projects, citing national security and the nation’s reliance on countries like China for those raw materials

The latest big win for the industry came on Friday when Trump sat with hundreds of mining executives and Cabinet members to unveil $3 billion for mineral projects, citing national security and the nation’s reliance on countries like China for those raw materials

Stephen Colbert blasts Paramount for kowtowing to Trump's FCC over Talarico interview

Discovery was fueled by politics rather than concerns over market share

A coalition of 25 US states sued Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over new tariffs pegged at 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent on goods from 60 trading partners, calling these a pretext for replacing import taxes struck down by the United States supreme court in February

TANF is a block grant program established in the late 1990s to help keep children and families out of poverty

Paramount Skydance and rival Warner Bros Discovery have agreed to pause their $110bn (£82.8bn) merger until June 2027 while a judge weighs upon a legal challenge against the tie-up

US judge pauses Paramount’s $110bn Warner Bros acquisition

A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state attorneys general attempt to stop the $111bn deal they say violates antitrust law and reduces competition in both the film and cable television industries

Military assistance totaling billions annually used to get bipartisan support in Washington

This legal action by the WGA follows a similar suit initiated yesterday by California and eleven other states

Stephen Colbert blasts Paramount for kowtowing to Trump's FCC over Talarico interview

Michelle Mbekeani analyzes the intersection of public finance & policy

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday accused Virginia of turning against its long tradition as an upholder of liberty under the U.S. Constitution, as it sued the state over new gun control measures

This comes after Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his presidency decreeing those born to parents in the US illegally or on temporary visas could not automatically become Americans

Permitting delays pushed by the Trump administration threaten to derail 92 gigawatts of clean power, even as electricity demand from AI data centers skyrockets

U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston made permanent a previous injunction that had halted most of the order's efforts

The Newsoms are under a magnifying glass as the Department of Justice pursues a multi-pronged investigation

Paramount’s $111bn takeover of Warner Bros wins US antitrust approval