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Democrats are planning to make the California Republican’s support for Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” a focal point of their ...

After withholding roughly $900 million from California’s K-12 and adult schools, the Education Department said today that it ...

Trump’s call to enforce bans on encampments echoes Newsom’s policy. But the president wants to upend two other core tenants ...

During her remarks in a Senate hearing this week, Senator Amy Klobuchar scolded President Trump over his administration's disastrous funding cuts. Klobuchar stated, "This administration has abandoned ...

Planned Parenthood closed 5 California clinics after Medicaid cuts, ending key services and impacting over 22,000 mostly Medi ...

The move echoes recent moves by other major providers, including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, in the wake of Trump’s ...

Five Planned Parenthood locations in California have closed following cuts to funding under the federal spending and tax bill ...

The Planned Parenthood facility in Madera was one of five California locations that shut down due to federal funding cuts, ...

Federal budget cuts have closed an EPA office and pose significant threat to California’s clean air, water, and clean energy sources ...

Planned Parenthood has informed KSBW 8 that the Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Gilroy, Madera and South San Francisco locations have ...

The Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood has been permanently shut down, effective immediately. “Makes me want to cry. Just pitiful.