California Gov. Gavin Newsom has agreed to pay a $31,500 ethics fine after state regulators found he repeatedly failed to disclose millions of dollars in corporate donations solicited on his behalf, with the penalty coming one day after Newsom publicly announced he is under federal investigation by the Department of Justice.
Two Republican senators launched a formal inquiry Thursday into improper unemployment insurance payments across New York, California, and Massachusetts, targeting the three Democratic-run states for a combined $1.3 billion in potential fraud and mismanagement.
Republican Steve Hilton has secured a spot in California's gubernatorial general election and will face former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra in November.
House lawmakers on Thursday released a long-awaited 269-page discussion draft of a national artificial intelligence framework that would override state AI safety laws in California, New York, and Illinois for at least three years.
Federal prosecutors arrested a Southern California technology executive Wednesday on charges he spent more than a decade smuggling U.S.-origin computer networking and encryption equipment to Iran's nuclear and military programs, laundering more than $15 million in the process.
