California state legislator and congressional candidate Christy Smith (D.) ignored a call to temporarily reduce her six-figure salary as state employees face pay cuts—while pushing a proxy voting bill that could allow her to skip legislative proceedings.
On their first day in Congress, the two newest GOP representatives signed a petition to force a vote on a “no-brainer” piece of legislation designed to protect infants who survive abortion.
WinRed, the GOP's digital fundraising platform, raised nearly $60 million in April, funneling more than $500,000 toward a Republican victory in a California congressional race widely seen as a bellwether for November.
Tuesday's congressional special elections brought promising results for President Donald Trump and the GOP, as Republicans took commanding leads in swing districts widely seen as a bellwether for November. 
California has not seen a congressional seat flip from blue to red in more than two decades, but state and national Republican officials say they are well-positioned to do so in Tuesday's special election. The California legislature's emergency management committee has failed to hold a single meeting on the coronavirus, but that has not stopped its Democratic chairwoman from touting her handling of the pandemic on the campaign trail. 
Disgraced former Democratic congresswoman Katie Hill has been the subject of glowing media profiles, interviews, and op-eds since she was forced to resign in November 2019 following sexual misconduct allegations. 
A Playboy journalist who went to bat for disgraced former representative Katie Hill (D., Calif.) after her resignation failed to disclose that they were dating at the time her scandal became public. Former California congresswoman Katie Hill (D.) admitted in a new profile that she initially planned to lie about the "throuple" relationship with her campaign staffer that came to light in October. The FBI arrested a man married to a staffer for former Rep. Katie Hill (D., Calif.) Friday for a hacking spree against one of Hill's political opponents. 