A bluff and then a mad scramble of all-day zooms and midnight line-drawing: How Gavin Newsom and his allies pulled off their powerful counterpunch to Donald Trump's redistricting maneuvers www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she’s exploring options to redistrict her state as a response to Texas’s effort. “This is a war,” she said. “We are at war. And that’s why the gloves are off, and I say bring it on.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Hochul: "This is a war. We are at war. And that's why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on."

This morning my weather app said 'clouds'. I said 'yes'. #photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #stumpylake

Gavin Newsom's clashes with Trump vaulted him into the top tier for 2028 - and South Carolina Dems are watching. His SC meet-and-greets were jammed. SC kingmaker, Jim Clyburn, made a surprise appearance. But some Dems wonder if a Californian can win it all: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🚨 Bernie Sanders & 7 Senators urge DNC Chair Ken Martin and Chuck Schumer to bar super PACs and dark money in Democratic primaries, noting the hypocrisy of blasting Elon Musk & GOP billionaires when they say Dems have not cleaned up "our own house" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In their late night call on Friday night, @governor.ca.gov says he continually tried to steer his conversation w/Trump toward serious subjects: the protests, the admin's threats to terminate federal funding for California and how the state is handling trans issues. But Trump wasn't interested.

After trying to collaborate with Trump, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social tells the @washingtonpost.com he is "a very different president than his first foray in office" The Gov says Trump "has completely obliterated any oversight from Congress" & is seeking to obliterate oversight from the judicial branch."

President Trump on arresting Gavin Newsom: “Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.” Calling him "unhinged," Newsom says bring it on: Trump's threat, he tells the Post, is "what we see around the globe in authoritarian regimes." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In a fiery speech in New Hampshire, JB Pritzker calls for "mass protests" "mobilization" "disruption." “These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In a new lawsuit in federal court, @governor.ca.gov and @robbonta.bsky.social are suing the Trump administration to block his tariffs, arguing that he's coming up with "bogus emergencies" and exceeding his authority by using powers that belong with Congress. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Ro Khanna is everywhere: leaning in on conservative podcasts, organizing his own rallies in R territory, trolling JD Vance at Yale law school and urging Democrats to go big with an agenda to turn the govt into an investment engine for better working-class jobs www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.

As Democrats continue to parse what happened in 2024, Tim Walz heads to red states for answers via @ktumulty.bsky.social

Public opinion is crystal clear on this. Recent polling from YouGov (n ~ 2800 US adults) -- if a judge makes a ruling, the Administration should follow it today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

In March, ICE announced that it had arrested 48 people in New Mexico. Why is nothing known about who was arrested or their whereabouts?

Trump administration misses judge’s deadline to detail steps for wrongly deported man’s return. A Justice Dept lawyer argued that a Friday deadline set by the judge is not enough time to detail steps for the return of Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison.

NEWS: Consumer sentiment PLUNGED 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession.

In the chaos after the Palisades fire, Rick Caruso emerged as a harsh critic of LA Mayor Karen Bass. Yesterday they were side by side w/Lakers Coach JJ Redick announcing a partnership to rebuild, stirring new intrigue abt whether Caruso will run for Calif. Gov www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“He is consistent — some would say stubborn,” one senator said of Rand Paul. “But he stepped up on tariffs, and he tells it like it is.”

The Democratic National Committee is launching a new war room effort, taking on misinformation from the Trump White House, recruiting an army of influencers and seeking to challenge the right's dominance on social media. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff. The worsening problems come as Elon Musk’s DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...