California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with actor Jon Voight, President Donald Trump‘s Hollywood ambassador, on Thursday to discuss ways to revitalize the state’s fizzling film industry. Ideas included a combination of federal tax credits and state tax code changes that would incentivize production companies,

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Jon Voight, one of President Donald Trump’s three Hollywood ambassadors, met in Century City on Thursday to discuss the actor’s “Make Hollywood Great Again” proposal, TheWrap has learned.

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Trump said he “called him up,” and defended his decision to send National Guard troops and Marines to the Los Angeles area after protests over his immigration policies erupted. He said he told Newsom he has to do a better job.

Elected officials, as well as social media influencers, had wide-ranging opinions of the governor’s prime time address warning that democracy is in danger.

Gavin Newsom reportedly met with White House Hollywood ambassador Jon Voight on Thursday and “expressed interest in working with” President Donald Trump on revitalizing the California film industry. According to a report published by Politico senior reporter Melanie Mason,

Gavin Newsom – whom he called a "lying dog" and a "fool" – just days after meeting with him in his role as president Donald Trump's "Hollywood ambassador." The 86-year-old actor posted the blistering harangue late Tuesday,

Authorities swept in with flash-bangs and tear gas grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles.

In today’s newsletter: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fiery response to the White House’s troop deployment in Los Angeles. What May’s inflation numbers say about tariffs and the challenges facing the U.S. men’s national team at the 2026 World Cup.

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.