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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Rep.-elect Luz Rivas (D-CA) joins other congressional freshmen of the 119th Congress for a group photograph on the steps of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on November 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. New members of congress are in-town for an orientation program to help them prepare for their upcoming roles. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

These House newcomers came to the Capitol with big plans. Then the wildfires hit

The California infernos were baptism by fire in Washington politics for Reps. Luz Rivas, George Whitesides and Laura Friedman.

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Electric cars, climate credit schemes, diverse boardrooms and legal weed: How California exports its ideas and policies across the U.S.

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PASADENA, CA - JANURAY 28, 2025 - Rev. Susan Russell, stands inside the sanctuary of All Saints Church, as the possibility of mass deportations looms over the country in Pasadena on January 28, 2024. The church is considered a sanctuary site. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Immigration arrests in churches? Some clergy say not so fast

Churches took in refugees from battle-scarred Central America in the 1980s, a precursor to their current focus on undocumented immigrants.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined from left by fellow Democrats Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., slams President Trump's action to freeze federal grants, calling the move illegal and unconstitutional, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal judge blocks White House freeze on ‘financial assistance’ amid anger, confusion

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA - APRIL 18: Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff disembark from Air Force 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 18, 2022 in California. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will split time between L.A. and New York in new legal job

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest an immigrant outside his residence during an early morning raid in Duarte, Calif., Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022 from a Texas judge. Many otherwise law-abiding immigrants living here illegally will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they'll be detained. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Justice Dept. halts legal programs for detained immigrants, cuts off advocates’ access to facilities

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., left, confers with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, as the panel convenes to confirm President Joe Biden's nominees in the closing weeks of the 118th Congress and before Donald Trump takes office, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With diminished clout, Californians in Congress struggle to counter Trump’s agenda

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