The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats.

California’s voter-approved Proposition 50 is now facing a legal challenge that could determine whether the state’s newly redrawn congressional maps remain in place.

Republicans and the Trump administration are hoping a panel of federal judges in Los Angeles will halt the new Prop. 50 maps from taking effect.

The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California's congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held ...

The California Assembly on Friday released a proposed map of new congressional districts that voters would weigh in on a special election, if approved by the state legislature next week. See a breakdown of the map in the video above KCRA 3 first obtained ...

The lawsuit, which is backed by the Trump administration, challenges the legality of the new boundaries by alleging the map illegally used race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters.

The outcome of the hearing could be crucial for next year’s midterm election when Democrats will try to regain a majority in the House.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state's recently redrawn congressional map from going into ...

Getting to The Cedars, an ecological preserve in California’s Sonoma county, is a slog. Multiple rivers and creeks must be crossed, and it can be tough going on an often storm-destroyed road. But it’s home to a rich diversity of species found nowhere else on Earth that are uniquely adapted to serpentine soil,

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Republicans and the Trump administration are hoping a panel of federal judges in Los Angeles will halt the new Prop. 50 maps from taking effect. But given the Supreme Court’s recent ruling greenlighting Texas’s redrawn maps,