California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

Gavin Newsom won praise on Wednesday for his speech Tuesday night seen by a national audience, something many Democrats saw as a shot across the bow to President Donald Trump that they can fight Trump -- and one that sparked new talk of Newsom as the party's standard-bearer in 2028.

"It clearly will not end here, other states will be next, democracy is next," the California governor says in a speech Tuesday night

Gov. Newsom's speech confronting Trump's immigration raids in Los Angeles boosts his standing among Democrats as he warns democracy is under assault

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.

In today’s newsletter: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fiery response to the White House’s troop deployment in Los Angeles. What May’s inflation numbers say about tariffs and the challenges facing the U.S. men’s national team at the 2026 World Cup.

Trump lawyers told the court that Trump has "no obligation" to consult, or even notify California Gov. Newsom before federalizing National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE protests.

California Governor Gavin Newsom took to the airwaves Tuesday night — with federal troops stationed in his state’s largest city and immigration agents rounding up residents — and warned Americans that democracy itself was under attack from President Donald Trump.

A judge will explore new territory in the California governor’s bid to limit the president’s use of the military in Los Angeles.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is being mocked online for an “embarrassing" televised address that experienced several technology meltdowns leaving his speech without sound.