All posts tagged "Gavin Newsom"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has broken his silence on his ex-wife's abrupt exit from a high-profile Trump administration post.

Speaking with CBS News' Jared Ochacher on Saturday while campaigning for Democrats in New Hampshire, Newsom called the situation surrounding the Trump administration's removal of Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece "unfortunate." He said he had not talked to Guilfoyle in some time and wished her the best.

"I don't know enough about it. I haven't talked to her in a while," Newsom said. "I just wish her the best, and I don't have much, honestly, much more to say on it. It's unfortunate."...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom lashed out at the Trump administration Tuesday over what his press office called a “recycled political stunt” – one that saw the administration freeze more than $867 million in federal funding earmarked for Medicaid recipients.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would be freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding earmarked for California and Minnesota, funding that would only be released, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said, once the two states “provide basic documentation showing that these services are legitimate and not fraudulent.”

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz said the Trump administration’s approach was actually “very conservative,” and that the administration could have, should they have selected to do so, “taken a lot more money.”...

President Donald Trump's attack on Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, could have unexpected repercussions, a CNN conservative columnist said on Monday.

S.E. Cupp described how Trump's move could backfire on the Republican Party ahead of the 2028 presidential election. And for Newsom, who has considered running, the investigation could ultimately work in the top Democrat's favor.

"This is exactly what Gavin Newsom wants," Cupp said. "It's why he got dressed up, put on a tie and stood behind the seal of the state of California, and posted this very dramatic press conference because he wants to be Trump's main foil. That is good for business. And what Trump doesn't seem to realize yet is it's bad for Trump." ...

The internet fired off reactions on Monday after California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the Department of Justice launched an investigation targeting him and his wife.

Newsom claimed that federal agents — under President Donald Trump's orders — have contacted people and organizations connected to California's first lady, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and have begun investigating him as one of the president's political adversaries. The governor and outspoken Trump critic has considered a presidential run for 2028 and cited that as the reason behind the probe.

He dropped a direct message for the president in a video response posted on X....

An ex-MAGA insider named which top Trump aide is involved in coordinating media campaigns with right-wing influencers through group chats.

Ashley St. Clair said in an interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom that deputy White House chief of staff James Blair is working with MAGA influencers on "incredibly coordinated and sophisticated" media campaigns.

Newsom explained, "There are folks on group chats consistently trying to help weaponize grievance" through media campaigns, and "they've got the president's right-hand person, potentially, James Blair."...

The threat of a tank explosion in Orange County, California, was reportedly over but the situation was still not under control, according to CNN on Monday.

At least 50,000 residents have been displaced as Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump declared the chemical leak a national state of emergency, California state Sen. Tony Strickland (R) told CNN.

The tank at the GKN Aerospace site in Garden Grove holds methyl methacrylate, a flammable and reactive chemical used to make resins and plastics. The highly toxic chemical has raised fears of a catastrophic explosion. ...