Democrats argue the move is crucial to protect immigrant families from mass deportations, while Republicans criticize it as premature and a distraction from urgent state issues like wildfires.

Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton amplified false charges that FEMA spent disaster aid on migrants and blocked help to North Carolina.

Despite vetoing SB 1047, the governor signed into law 19 other AI-related bills passed by the California legislature this year. Two of them regulate deep fakes, one obliges developers to make ...