The governor had four specific requests for the Legislature, including a major change to how the state’s education department is handled.

He spoke to Jodi Rudoren, who oversees The Times’s newsletters, about the hours he spent capturing the Oval Office through a bird’s-eye view and snapping portraits of Trump through a half-full (or half-empty) glass. Read the full interview with Doug here.

"It's not Gavin," Bowen Yang, a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member said on his podcast, "Las Culturistas," with Matt Rogers.

The Newsom administration released the proposal Friday for the upcoming 2026-27 budget year, which acts as a starting point for negotiations with the Legislature about the programs and policies they want to prioritize.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged stronger regulations on social media to protect youth, drawing parallels to Australia's approach, amid concerns about mental healt

While Walz issued press statements specifying the policy and administrative decisions he has made to tackle fraud, and has ended his bid for re-election in Minnesota, Newsom has gone on the attack with an active social media presence in which he has slammed his critics and denied that there is fraud in the Golden State.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said he was blindsided by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal Thursday to curtail the superintendent’s duties and he disagrees with it, although it’s unclear what he can do to stop it.

Trump has said he would turn on “a very large faucet” that could send millions of gallons of water from the Columbia River to Los Angeles.