2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun Guns By Maya C. Miller, with a little (remote) assist by me: nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/…

Republicans are still avoiding in-person town halls. The ones who are holding them are trying to use strategies to control the tone. But those attempts aren't entirely succeeding. story from Maya C. Miller and me: nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/…

A bill to restore more than $1 billion in funding for Washington, D.C., which Congress blocked earlier this year, has stalled in the House. Republican resistance to the measure has left its fate in doubt. nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/…

President Trump has certainly stretched the boundaries of executive power, but attempting to take over the Library of Congress is a new level for him. Can the president choose who runs the library? Carl Hulse and I talked to lawmakers about it nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/…

Three G.O.P. members of Congress whose families fled Cuba are objecting to the Trump administration’s move to strip hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans of deportation protections. My last story as NYT fellow 🥲 nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/…

The G.O.P. chairmen of the House and Senate agriculture committees said they were “troubled” by the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s findings and urged it to use sounder science. nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/…

Today marks my first day as a politics reporter with CalMatters! I’ll cover campaigns, state government accountability and California’s congressional delegation among many other topics. Add me to your press lists, drop me a line and let’s grab coffee: [email protected]

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom was adamant that he would make state employees return to the office four days a week starting this summer. Now many can telework till next July. Why did the gov suddenly reverse course? Find out in my first CalMatters story: calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

GOP Rep. David Valadao has a new challenger. Jasmeet Bains, M.D. 🇺🇸, a physician and centrist Dem in the state lege, wants to make Valadao regret his vote in favor of the GOP megabill. Read more in my latest for CalMatters #CA22 #CAlege #CApol calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

Katherine Aleman, a public-school teacher and part-time chicken farmer, is the latest Democrat to join a crowded field of challengers hoping to unseat Rep. @kencalvert, the longest-serving Republican in CA's congressional delegation. cal.news/4kMH3gE 📝 Maya C. Miller

Can a teacher break Democrats' congressional losing streak in California's Inland Empire? Strategists think so. Read more about Katherine Aleman, the latest Democrat to announce a challenge to GOP Rep. Ken Calvert, in my latest for CalMatters calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

Will California's NPR and PBS stations survive now that Trump signed cuts to public media funding? Station leaders say yes, but cost-saving changes, like staff and programming cuts, are inevitable. Local shows, the priciest to produce, are most at risk calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

Senate Bill 259 would prevent retailers from using artificial intelligence to jack up prices using the information stored on customers’ phones. Proponents say “surveillance pricing” is discriminatory. cal.news/46A45nA 📝 Maya C. Miller

If Toni Atkins is elected governor next year, she would oversee a state contract that puts money in her own pocket. It’s just one potential conflict of interest with her spouse’s consulting firms, which have dozens of clients that lobby state government. calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

Rep. Doug LaMalfa (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) fielded expletive-laden questions for more than an hour at his first in-person town hall since Congress passed Trump's megabill. cal.news/45vxaOI 📝 Maya C. Miller

California unions want lawmakers to adopt statewide rules for self-checkout. But grocery store owners say it would only boost costs and confuse shoppers. cal.news/4loyjxy 📝 Maya C. Miller

After years of cracking down on California's oil industry, Gavin Newsom is working on a deal with oil interests to avoid soaring gas prices. cal.news/45myHb7 📝 Alexei Koseff, @alejandrolazo & Maya C. Miller

Texas and President Donald Trump struck first in a gerrymandering battle that could tilt the 2026 midterms. That puts California Republicans in a bind as they contest Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting. cal.news/45IZZaF 📝 Jeanne Kuang & Maya C. Miller