A fiscal conservative who supported gun control and other liberal causes, he was the last Republican elected to serve his state as governor and to represent it in the House. Read full article

President Trump cast his effort to broker peace in Ukraine in existential terms. Read full article

The number of troops in the city is expected to grow. But Army officials appear to be trying to keep them on the sidelines of President Trump’s mission. Read full article

Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution. Read full article

President Trump suggested this month that his Justice Department should investigate Mr. Schiff, who served on the Jan. 6 committee. Read full article

The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.” Read full article

The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital. Read full article