Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a progressive backed by George Soros, secured a decisive victory in the Democratic primary on May 20, 2025.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth opened an investigation into the Biden-era Afghanistan withdrawal, an operation that led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members.
Zahra Billoo, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) San Francisco Bay Area chapter and a member of California's Civil Liberties Program panel, has sparked controversy by attributing President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis to "God’s wrath" over his handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.