"It's everything you know about the authoritarian tendencies of the president of the United States," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of Trump on Thursday.

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom was speaking Thursday, federal agents appeared to be conducting an immigration enforcement operation outside of the venue.

California governor may have just defined the boundaries of the Democratic primary in 2028 by firing the first shot, writes

The governor connected President Donald Trump's request that Texas Republicans redraw districts to eke out another five House seats to the Jan. 6 insurrection, rollbacks on abortion rights, Trump's dismantling of federal agencies and targeting of law firms, universities and museums, and federal deportation raids in California.

Some of California’s most powerful politicians and unions rallied in Los Angeles for a ballot measure tilting the state’s House maps further toward Democrats.

That détente has now ended, with Newsom deciding that it was time to lace up his boxing gloves and take the fight to Trump.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a special election in November to redraw the state's Congressional maps. CBS News executive director of White House and politics, Fin Gómez, reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is advocating for California to redraw its congressional districts and offset a similar GOP-led effort in Texas.