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President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Democratic lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s California waiver: An assault on federalism

By Steven G. Bradbury

California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to reporters after voting in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 8, 2022. Newsom will be inaugurated for his second and final term Friday, Jan. 6. He chose the date to stand in contrast to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California’s Newsom to launch 2nd term with contrast to GOP

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to reporters after voting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Newsom has agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month. But his office says he will do so only if local governments agree to step up the aggressiveness of their plans going forward to reduce homelessness. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Gavin Newsom says he is ‘all in’ for Biden 2024, vows not to make White House run

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

State assemblyman and Republican congressional candidate Kevin Kiley speaks outside Manual Arts High School, on Sept. 13, 2021, in Los Angeles. In a sprawling district the runs from the Sacramento suburbs down the interior spine of California, Kiley defeated Democrat Kermit Jones, a physician and Navy veteran. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Republican Kevin Kiley captures California U.S. House seat

Associated Press

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the recent mass shooting in Texas, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A year after beating back a recall, Newsom is expected to cruise to a re-election victory ahead of challenger Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gavin Newsom may be eyeing White House bid after easily winning reelection

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

FILE - Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Padilla, who was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will face Republican constitutional lawyer Mark Meuser to fill the last two months of Kamala Harris' U.S. Senate term and the other for a new six-year term. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Alex Padilla keeps California Senate seat in Democratic column

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks with reporters while touring an inn being converted to interim housing for the homeless, on Jan. 13, 2022, in Santa Clara, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, he will delay $1 billion of spending to local governments because he says they are not being aggressive enough to curb homelessness in their communities. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

‘Do better’: Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending

By Adam Beam and Janie Har - Associated Press

California first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, left, attends a signing ceremony with her husband, Gov. Gavin Newsom, next to her, at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, Calif., on July 1, 2019. Gov. Newsom and his wife earned nearly $1.5 million in 2020 and paid about $480,000 in taxes, down from $1.7 million the couple reported in 2019, his first year as governor. In addition to his salary as governor, Newsom's income comes from a winery and restaurant business that he put in a blind trust when he became governor. His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is a documentary filmmaker. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gavin Newsom’s wife among accusers at Harvey Weinstein trial

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in San Francisco, on Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Doctors sue California over law that restricts their COVID-19 advice to patients

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Newsom should fix his state

Newsom should emulate DeSantis

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, right, prepares to announce his proposed measure to provide legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 17, 2022. On Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wiener's bill into law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

New law aims to make California haven for transgender youth

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

This photo released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, is asking a judge on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, to free him from prison by reversing California Gov. Gavin Newsom's denial of his parole earlier in the year. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan challenges his parole denial

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York onf Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) **FILE**

Newsom OKs name change for law school founded by racist

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

California governor travels to Texas amid feud with GOP

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

The rainbow Pride flag flutters from the flag pole at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2019. California's governor has signed a law he says will help military service members who were discharged under "don't ask, don't tell" policies to reestablish eligibility for Veterans Affairs benefits. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, many veterans who were discharged because of sexual or gender identities don't know how to access benefits they might be eligible for. The law requires the state to create a grant program to help LGBTQ veterans through the process. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California enacts law to help LGBTQ military veterans

Associated Press

FILE - Superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Clay Jordan, left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom talk Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Sequoia National Park, Calif., before Newsom signed a climate package into law. California lawmakers adjourned this year's legislative session, Wednesday Aug. 31, 2022, leaving Gov. Gavin Newsom with 30 days to sign or reject hundreds of bills including several dealing with climate change. (Ron Holman/The Times-Delta via AP, File)

Lawmakers adjourn in heat wave, leave governor in hot seat

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

Stephanie Williams, 60, cools off with water from a hydrant in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California heat wave sparks fears of fires, power outages

By John Antczak and Brian Melley - Associated Press

in this file photo, California Governor Gavin Newsom visits the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022 (Ethan Swope/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

California gun bill fails on tactical error

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media as he visits a Homekey site along Pico Boulevard as he announces awards for homeless housing projects across the state in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)

Newsom’s in-laws donated to DeSantis as high-profile governors feud: Report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times