Government Oversight & Ethics

U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and members of his staff have created at least 20 group chats on the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate official work on sensitive policy issues around the world, four people who were added to such groups told Politico.

The Trump administration, including prominent figures like Defense Secretary Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, is downplaying the severity of the fallout from the Signal group chat incident. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) calls for Hegseth's resignation or firing, discusses DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's visit to El Salvador, and more.

When President Donald Trump delivers his first address before a joint session of Congress today — where he will lay out his priorities for the year — a handful of firefighters from the greater Los Angeles area will be in attendance to remind the nation of Southern California’s continued need for recovery aid following the January wildfires that swept through L.A. County.

Days before they return to Washington to cast votes on the GOP-crafted budget, two California House members toured the Innovative Genomics Institute research lab at UC Berkeley Friday morning, in order to get a look at the real-life impacts of Republicans’ goal to whack $4 billion from the National Health Institute.

UC Berkeley receives $169 million in NIH funding.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) beamed Wednesday morning that a “golden age” had arrived amid excitement about what Republicans could now deliver.

He brushed away questions about President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, saying “we’re not looking backwards, we’re looking forward.”