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Today — 4 September 2025Main stream

Newsom and Republicans Scramble to Raise Cash in California Redistricting Fight

Total spending could top $200 million in a November contest that could help determine control of the House next year.

© Graham Dickie/The New York Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is asking wealthy donors to back his redistricting ballot measure. His advisers have privately said they want to raise more than $100 million for his November campaign.

Snubbing RFK Jr., States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

4 September 2025 at 02:51
California, Oregon and Washington said they would work together to review scientific data, saying the C.D.C. could no longer be trusted. But Florida said it would abolish all vaccine mandates.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

Federal policies on vaccines have been changing rapidly since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, became secretary of Health and Human Services.
Yesterday — 3 September 2025Main stream

Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

3 September 2025 at 23:28
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

Federal policies on vaccines have been changing rapidly since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, became secretary of Health and Human Services.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Animal Activists Target Farmers in Sonoma, Known as ‘America’s Provence’

2 September 2025 at 17:02
A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.

© Rachel Bujalski for The New York Times

A protest organized by the group Direct Action Everywhere outside a Trader Joe’s in Berkeley, Calif., in August.

Exxon and California Spar in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics

1 September 2025 at 23:39
The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.

© Sergio Flores/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

An Exxon Mobil’s chemical recycling unit in Baytown, Texas.

California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK

2 September 2025 at 00:50
Potent California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.

© Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters

Police officers patrolling Hyde Park in London on 4/20, marijuana’s unofficial holiday each April 20, in 2023. Cannabis remains illegal in Britain.

California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK

1 September 2025 at 12:01
High-strength, California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.

© Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters

Police officers patrolling Hyde Park in London on 4/20, marijuana’s unofficial holiday each April 20, in 2023. Cannabis remains illegal in Britain.

The ‘Political Theater’ of Troops in Cities

28 August 2025 at 03:35
Readers react to the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. military in cities. Also: A California voter’s choice on gerrymandering; the impact of ICE raids.
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