And in the balance of power between the Trump administration and the nation’s most populous state, California was on the losing end. “We’re at DEFCON 1 in the conflict between California and the Trump administration,

Trump signed measures Thursday revoking waivers for the state's mandates that clean up car and truck exhaust and ramp up sales of electric vehicles. California and 10 other states immediately sued and the governor ordered the air board to craft a new mandate.

California Democrats are blasting the taxpayer expense of President Trump sending troops to quell anti-ICE riots while the state spends billions yearly on illegal immigrants.

Seventy percent of Californians disapprove of the president in a new survey. But recent national polls paint a less drastic picture.

CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten said that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s name has been searched more than “ever before” since the governor has feuded with President Donald Trump over the immigration protests across Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

From immigration raids to Flag Day defiance, a week of protest is unfolding across the state. Our tracker shows where.

A federal judge’s National Guard order, backlash to roughing up Padilla, and growing protests show the administration may have overplayed its hand.