Gavin Newsom won praise on Wednesday for his speech Tuesday night seen by a national audience, something many Democrats saw as a shot across the bow to President Donald Trump that they can fight Trump -- and one that sparked new talk of Newsom as the party's standard-bearer in 2028.

Arnold Schwarzenegger chalked up California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) suggestion that California could withhold federal taxes to meaningless "rhetoric." The post Arnold Schwarzenegger Dumps on Gavin Newsom’s Wild ‘No Taxes’ Idea in Mud-Slinging Fest With Trump first appeared on Mediaite.

The legal showdown between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump takes center stage Thursday afternoon in a federal courtroom in San Francisco.

Newsom is widely viewed as a likely presidential candidate. A new video shows the Democrat fashioning himself as leader of the Trump resistance.

Newsom's 2028 presidential aspirations hang in the balance as the eyes of the nation are on California's clash with immigration authorities.

California may be first, but it clearly will not end here,” Newsom said. “Other states will be next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has

Los Angeles entered its fourth day of unrest sparked by immigration raids, with President Donald Trump suggesting Gavin Newsom should be arrested over his response and the governor vowing to sue the administration for deploying National Guard troops to the city.

President Donald Trump has mobilized more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles, setting up a clash with Gov. Gavin Newsom.