The Trump administration is cracking down on California over its sanctuary city laws. Attorney General Jeff Session visited Sacramento, and formally announced a lawsuit against the state over its failure to comply with federal immigration rules. Cheddar's Brad Smith speaks with San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón to get his reaction.
"All this is really a political stunt," says Gascón. "It has nothing to do with public safety."
Gascón says sanctuary laws are so important because America has a broken down immigration system. "To go after those people when they haven't committed any crime other than the unlawful stay in this country has a very disruptive impact overall," says Gascón. "From a social stance it is absolutely unconscionable."
With Georgia's Senate runoff election underway, a pair of local environmental activists are spreading their message about the need to fight climate change.
SocialFlow tracked clicks per million residents on runoff-related stories in the two weeks leading up to the election, which will ultimately decide which political party will control the Senate.
California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, author of the state's Fair Food Delivery Act of 2020 bill joined Cheddar to discuss the ramifications of the legislation for both smaller restaurants and third-party delivery platforms.
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director and founder of Skybridge Capital, talked to Cheddar about his
With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, the increasingly important Latino vote has become a primary target for both Republicans and Democrats in the Peach State.
Britain has become the latest nation to abolish the so-called “tampon tax.”
AP compiled a fact check of President Donald Trump's dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state.
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election.
Ultimately, 2020 filled our headlines and timelines with a myriad of political talking points from impeachment to the election to COVID relief. Here are the 11 biggest political moments of the year.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
