The visit came the day after a new ballot initiative asking voters whether the state should become an independent country was cleared by the California Secretary of State's office to begin gathering signatures. Could the Golden State just fly the coop, become its own nation and walk away from 175 years of union with the United States?

A new bid to place a measure on the ballot that would ask California voters to approve the state's secession from the U.S. has been cleared for signature gathering.

California's first ballot initiative for the November 2028 election has been filed and cleared for signature gathering. It would allow the Golden State to become its own country—separate from the United States.

Six in 10 Californians wouldn't mind if the state peacefully seceded from the United States, a poll by Independent California Institute shows.

California independence campaigners say President Donald Trump's second election victory strengthened their cause.

An independent California would need to address defense, healthcare, and Social Security funding challenges. The idea of California secession resurfaces amid renewed tensions between President Trump and Gov.

CALEXIT is looking to have California look into the question of whether or not they should remain part of the United States or be their own country.

The president was greeted by Gov. Newsom in L.A. Friday afternoon for a brief trip where he announced that the state will receive full federal backing to rebuild.

California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some Massachusetts hospitals and clinics are posting privacy rights in emergency and waiting rooms in Spanish and other languages.

The Weaverville Joss House is a legendary California State Park that hosts the oldest Chinese temple in California and the United States. The Cloud Forest Temp

Without federal support, California may be the first domino to fall, as a polarized nation moves to take the economic reality of climate change into its own hands.