California Playbook Newsletter

5 hours ago | politico.com | Annie Snider

The administration said it wants to rescind and reconsider whether limits are needed for four PFAS that chemical companies are still producing and using in the U.S. despite known health risks. EPA-mandated testing has found PFAS in nearly half of Americans’ drinking water.

9 hours ago | politico.com | Janaki Chadha |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo |Jeff Coltin

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier The real estate industry has coalesced around former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mayoral bid. | KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images As governor, Andrew Cuomo enacted rent laws anathema to New York City’s real estate titans and held up their favored tax break for more than a year. He recently hired one of their antagonists to his mayoral campaign. Yet the well-heeled industry is coalescing around his bid for mayor. The reason? His perceived inevitability.

10 hours ago | politico.com | Nick Taylor-Vaisey

| Subscribe here | | Follow Politico CanadaThanks for reading Canada Playbook. In today’s edition:→ Carney reboots the Liberal Cabinet for a new round with Trump. → Ministerial staffers wait for what comes next. → The long and winding roads that led to Rideau Hall. Prime Minister Mark Carney with his new Cabinet. | AFP via Getty Images CLOCK IS TICKING — Now comes the hard part. Prime Minister MARK CARNEY didn’t campaign on taking his time.

22 hours ago | politico.com | Carmen Paun |Adam Cancryn

“It’s probably going to be really disappointing for people who want fireworks,” said one of those people, adding that Cassidy and Kennedy often talk multiple times a week. Where Cassidy comes down will say a lot about how much scrutiny Kennedy’s vaccine policies are going to get on Capitol Hill. After his tough questions in January, Cassidy voted to confirm Kennedy, saying Kennedy had promised to uphold the current vaccine approval and monitoring system.

22 hours ago | politico.com | Adam Wren

He vaulted onto the national stage in 2020 out of South Bend, Indiana. This time, his calculus looks different. Then-U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at an election night campaign party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Detroit.