
Lindsey Holden
California Politics Reporter at POLITICO
Writer at California Playbook Newsletter
@POLITICO California politics reporter. Past: @sacbee_news, @SLOTribune, @rrstar. @MedillSchool & @DePaulU alum. California Illinoisan. She/her. DMs open.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Kyle Cheney |Josh Gerstein |Lindsey Holden |Melanie Mason
California will ask a judge to reverse President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, arguing that the use of the military to suppress immigration protests is an illegal and unconstitutional intrusion on state authority. The state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, a Democrat, unveiled on Monday the basis for the lawsuit, which he said would be filed imminently.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Kyle Cheney |Josh Gerstein |Lindsey Holden |Melanie Mason
Gov. Gavin Newsom told POLITICO that federal law requires President Donald Trump to coordinate his call-up of the National Guard with the state. U.S. National Guard are deployed outside the federal prison in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following a immigration raid protest the night before.
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3 weeks ago |
politico.com | Lindsey Holden
Elon Musk has suggested President Donald Trump should be impeached and that his tariffs will cause a recession. | Francis Chung/POLITICO DRIVING THE DAY: The messy breakup of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk today consumed social media and had House Republicans worried about the future of their budget megabill.
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3 weeks ago |
politico.com | Lindsey Holden
California Democrats are working to hammer out a budget ahead of a looming deadline. | Juliana Yamada/AP KEEPING SCORE: California Democrats are working to hammer out their moving target of a budget while keeping their eye on the storm clouds from Washington.
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3 weeks ago |
politico.com | Lindsey Holden
California lawmakers want to undo controversial anti-truancy legislation Kamala Harris pushed more than a decade ago. | Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP CLASS IN SESSION: California lawmakers are quietly advancing a bill that would undo controversial anti-truancy legislation Kamala Harris pushed more than a decade ago — a connection Democrats have not exactly been eager to broadcast.
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