The missive was part of Newsom's response to a Trump-backed redistricting plan in Texas that could give Republicans up to five more seats in Congress. Newsom announced he would pursue a special election to redraw California's own congressional maps — an effort to offset potential GOP gains.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on state lawmakers to allow a November ballot measure to redraw congressional districts as Democrats seek ways to combat Republicans' mid-decade redistricting effor...

In response, Trump branded Newsom an ‘incompetent governor’ and suggested he should be arrested.

"It is a five-alarm fire for democracy in the United States of America. Donald Trump, who is trying to light a torch on democracy, continues to try to rig the election," Newsom says in the video.

Last week, he became the most powerful person in California politics.

“This is about more than drawing lines on a map. It’s about drawing a line in the sand to stop Texas and Trump from rigging the election,” state Senate Democratic leader Mike McGuire said in a statem...

Mayor Karen Bass, who hosted a news conference earlier in the day renewing her call for an end to "reckless immigration raids," quickly showed up at the museum and called the agents' presence a "prov...

More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday at a rally and news conference that Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding on congressional redistricting.

“Not only is Trump trying to rig the election, he’s trying to ruin democracy,” Newsom said on Friday.