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  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Blake Jones |Dustin Gardiner

    Then-Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during the California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco, June 1, 2019. | Jeff Chiu/AP DEM DERBY — California Democrats will gather in Anaheim this weekend to hold their largest meeting since native daughter Kamala Harris faceplanted in the presidential race and Donald Trump returned to besieging them from Washington.

  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Dustin Gardiner |Alex Nieves

    “It’s raining tacos today,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on the MeidasTouch Podcast on Thursday, an apparent reference to the TACO acronym that Wall Street investors have used to refer to whiplash over Trump’s see-sawing import taxes. The president has bristled at the name, which stands for “Trump always chickens out.” Newsom, whose state was among more than 14 that sued to challenge the tariffs, added, “It’s not a good day for Donald Trump and his central economic program.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dustin Gardiner |Alex Nieves

    SAN FRANCISCO — Of all the blue state legal challenges to President Donald Trump, none have delivered as big a blow as two court rulings striking down his tariffs on imports from dozens of countries. Democratic governors and attorneys general seized the pair of rulings on Thursday as an affirmation of their warnings about the economic toll of rising prices on consumer goods and emptying shipping containers at ports along the East and West coasts.

  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Dustin Gardiner |Blake Jones

    Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, who’s termed out of the Legislature next year, is signaling he doesn’t expect to announce a transition plan until 2026. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP THE BUZZ: TAKE YOUR TIME — California Senate insiders are jonesing to know when the chamber might select its next leader. But Mike McGuire is in no rush to share his plans, even as he’s raked in more than $221,000 this year to run for another office.

  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Blake Jones |Dustin Gardiner

    Announcement from Editorial Director, California Christopher Cadelago and Senior Executive Editor Alex Burns:We’re excited to announce that David Siders, who got his start at POLITICO as a co-author of California Playbook, is returning home to a leadership role as Senior News Editor where he’ll play a critical role in managing the news report and help oversee the Playbook newsletters to grow their reach across the Golden State.

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