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With Gavin Newsom currently holding a 27-point lead in the race for California’s top office, the Golden State governor — who continues to deny national political ambitions — is again leveraging his campaign war chest to confront Republican governors in their own states. Today, Newsom unveiled three billboard ads that…

Gavin Newsom has a unique way of courting California voters. California’s governor has run his second out-of-state ad this month, first in Florida and now in Texas. In the ads, Newsom is targeting two prominent Republican governors who many tout as potential GOP presidential candidates on two big, national issues: gun…

Parents and reporters were asked to leave Uvalde City Hall this afternoon before a Texas House of Representatives committee held a hearing to gather testimony from officers involved in the response to a school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others there last month. Video posted by CNN…

The Supreme Court blocked a Texas law that prohibited major social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube from restricting content based on viewpoint. The law was championed by the Gov. Greg Abbott, as a response to alleged bias by major platforms against conservatives. But in a 5-4 decision (read it here)…

UPDATED throughout with new details: Nineteen fourth-grade students and two of their teachers were killed Tuesday in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, west of San Antonio. All of the child victims were in a single classroom. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference Wednesday that 17 others…

In the initial hours after the horrific Texas school massacre, in which 19 children and two adults were killed, CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that politicians’ expressions of thoughts and prayers “has sadly become a cliché at this point.” But even calling it a cliché seems like a cliché, because the mass shootings, and…

A somber and angry Joe Biden mourned the loss of life in the Texas elementary school massacre while angrily calling out the gun lobby and manufacturers, saying that it was “time to act.” “As a nation we have to ask, ‘When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God’s name do we do what we all…

A gunman opened fire early Sunday morning as bars closed at the intersection of East 6th and Neches streets in Austin, Texas. The shooting resulting in four people being injured in the busy entertainment area, which is filled with popular restaurants and bars with live entertainment. The call came in at 2 a.m. on…

The Supreme Court again allowed a Texas abortion law to stand, for now, as it is challenged on the merits, while ruling that abortion providers can challenge the restrictions in federal court. The justices opinions released on Friday were largely procedural, with a decision in a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law…

Matthew McConaughey announced Sunday evening he will not be running for the Governor of Texas. “As a simple kid born in the little town of Uvalde, Texas, it never occurred to me that I would one day be considered for political leadership,” McConaughey said. “It is also a path that I’m choosing not to take at this…

UPDATE, 8:33 PM PT FRIDAY: The Texas abortion law was at least temporarily reinstated as a federal appeals court considers a lower court judge’s ruling. The law bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, generally after about six weeks of pregnancy. That essentially restricts abortions in the state. Earlier…

David Simon isn’t messing with Texas, he’s done with the place — at least as a location. The Wire creator took to social media this week to announce and reiterate he will not film an upcoming Lone Star-set HBO project in the state due to the odious abortion ban law recently put in place. If an employer, this is…