The U.S. Justice Department Thursday officially backed the California Republican Party’s lawsuit over Proposition 50, the ballot measure that was approved by voters last week to redraw congressional district lines across the state.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it was joining California Republicans in a lawsuit over the state's new congressional maps made possible by the passage of Prop 50. Devin Fehely reports.

A group of 22 Michigan Republican lawmakers has asked President Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Justice to deploy monitors to vote-counting facilities and to provide general oversight

The stage is set for a high-stakes legal and political fight between the Republican administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seen as a likely 2028 presidential contender.