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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Trump administration has publicly claimed that roughly 1.6 million people "self‑deported" (part of a broader figure of 2 million people who have lef...
Available reporting shows multiple, inconsistent tallies of Donald Trump’s litigation outcomes depending on scope (administration regulatory cases, state suits, private civil suits, settlements). For ...
CalMatters is a California‑focused, journalism organization created to explain state government and policy and to help Californians engage with and hold officials accountable; it launched mid‑2010s an...
Recent public polling shows Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton among the highest‑polling GOP contenders in early surveys for California’s June 2026 open gubernatorial primary: Emerson found Hilt...
As of the most recent official reporting windows cited in the provided materials, California has between , and of them identify as Republican, representing roughly of registrants. The small numeric di...
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele donated roughly $2.7 million over their lifetimes to Democratic causes and candidates, including at least $100,000 to then‑President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign, accordin...
Several legal fights have sprung up over ICE arrests in and around schools, but the published reporting shows more litigation and rulings about “sensitive locations” broadly (courthouses, houses of wo...
Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom are not blood relatives; their families were connected by a marriage decades ago that ended in divorce, and that once-made Pelosi an aunt-by-marriage in loose social term...
AB 435 is a California 2025-2026 bill that updates the legal standard for when a child must use a booster seat by formally incorporating a “5‑step test” into the definition of “properly restrained by ...
Under Governor Gavin Newsom, California’s headline economic picture is : nominal GDP has risen to roughly , making California comparable to the world’s fourth‑largest economy, but employment, labor‑ma...
Current polling and reporting show a crowded Democratic field for California’s 2026 governor’s primary with former Rep. Katie Porter repeatedly named as the leading Democrat in multiple public polls (...
Gavin Newsom’s connections to the Getty family stretch decades — his father worked for and advised the Gettys, Gordon Getty invested in Newsom’s early businesses, and multiple Getty family members hav...
Eric Swalwell, a seven-term Democratic U.S. representative from California, announced a run for governor in the 2026 race and has quickly moved into double‑digit support in early polls, registering 12...
Available reporting shows wide disagreement over how many people the Trump administration has deported since January 2025: the White House claimed about 139,000 deportations by late April 2025 , DHS/a...
California counted just over 16 million ballots in the November 5, 2024 general election — a drop from about 17.7 million in 2020 — and that produced turnout estimates near roughly 71% of registered v...
AB 435 is a 2025 California bill changing child passenger restraint rules — including stricter booster-seat and front-seat limits — that attracted support from public safety and auto-safety groups and...
Gavin Newsom’s agenda emphasizes aggressive climate action, state-led international partnerships, labor and consumer initiatives (including insulin pricing and rideshare unionization), and high-profil...
CalMatters is widely described by third‑party trackers as a generally factual, nonprofit newsroom that most observers place slightly left‑of‑center: Media Bias/Fact Check rates it “Left‑Center” with “...
There is no authoritative, publicly reported total for how many legal U.S. citizens were deported in 2025; the available reporting documents individual, high-profile mistaken removals and describes la...
Available reporting shows Rob Reiner was an outspoken, high-dollar Democratic donor and activist who backed campaigns and civic projects, and who helped found and advise groups focused on investigatin...