Launching his first salvo less than 36 hours after former President Trump was again elected to the White House, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday convened a special session of the state Legislature to increase legal funding to defend civil rights, climate ...

Newsom had been an outspoken advocate for Harris and, before he dropped out of the race, President Joe Biden. The governor, who is barred by term limits from running again, attended a number of Democratic campaign events in swing states, and his political action committees spent big on boosting Biden prior to his July exit from the race.