WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, forced the vote on the “motion…… MORE
At the same time Congress was voting on Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s future as Speaker of the House, noted author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joined KMJ’s Ray Appleton to discuss the in-fighting within the Republican Party.… MORE
VISALIA, CA (KMJ) A Visalia man was arrested Monday night after allegedly holding a woman and her 6-year-old daughter hostage. VPD says Aaron Jones, 46 was armed with a rifle when they received a 9-1-1 text message from the victim that she and her child were being held against their will at their home on…… MORE
There was no shortage of reaction to the weekend vote to keep the US government from shutting down. Rep. David Valadao joined KMJ’s Broeske & Musson and voiced support for embattled Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy Rep. John Duarte also backed Rep. McCarthy while lamenting the failure of Congress to act on the border…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In choosing Butler on Sunday, Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if Feinstein’s seat…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in “brazen,…… MORE
TULARE, COUNTY (KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriffs detectives have arrested a man wanted for brazen shooting at a gas station in Orosi last April. Investigators say 19 year old Jose Armas was also wanted for a the shooting of a dropout gang member and carjacking in Ivanhoe two weeks ago. Detectives arrested Armas at a…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state’s Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households. When it takes effect on April 1, fast food…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her…… MORE
September 28, 2023 The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor Dear Governor Newsom, Gas prices are once again soaring, and Californians are paying $2 more per gallon than the rest of the country. Drivers are spending more than $100 each month just on gas. This elevated energy cost cuts into family’s already strained budgets. We ask you…… MORE
