California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation Thursday afternoon.

Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald Trump in what many see as a lightly masked trial run for his own future White House bid.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Trump-like social media posts and redistricting push are resonating with Democrats who are eager for a fighter against the GOP.

President Donald Trump has finally responded to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has been relentlessly trolling him on social media in recent days. Newsom has made it his mission to “put a mirror to Trump” — launching a full-blown parody campaign that mimics the president’s signature social media rants and even using AI-generated images to mock the GOP and Trump supporters such as Kid Rock.

California lawmakers passed a redistricting plan to counter Texas' GOP map. Voters will decide Nov. 4. Trump finally responds to Gavin Newsom’s mocking – and busts out an old nickname to do it Mexican brothers arrested,