A California secessionist has revived a campaign to put secession on the ballot, after the state gave him the green light to begin collecting signatures Thursday. Marcus Ruiz Evans, who is based in Fresno and heads the organization Cal Exit Now,

CALEXIT is looking to have California look into the question of whether or not they should remain part of the United States or be their own country.

California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.

The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent residents.

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Along the California-Mexico border, immigrants at risk of deportation are seeking to live undetected through an unprecedented crackdown. But a returning President Trump issued a barrage of Inauguration Day executive orders designed to pull the military into border enforcement.

In the wake of the raging California wildfires, environmental groups are shifting the climate conversation away from mitigation, toward adaptation and resilience.

The executive order conflicts with laws in California and other blue states that forbid discrimination based on gender identity. The courts are expected to take up the issue.

Without federal support, California may be the first domino to fall, as a polarized nation moves to take the economic reality of climate change into its own hands.

The General used data from the nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to examine traffic camera laws in California

California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some Massachusetts hospitals and clinics are posting privacy rights in emergency and waiting rooms in Spanish and other languages.