WASHINGTON — The Democratic head of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, learned about the outlines of a C.I.A. officer’s concerns that President Trump had abused his power days before the officer filed a whistle-blower complaint, according to a..…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to move for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump has rocked Washington. . ... Maxine Waters of California, who has argued for some time that Trump should face impeachment. . ..…

In the past several years, concerned parents in Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Washington state, New York, North Carolina, Florida, Iowa and other parts of the country have protested Planned Parenthood’s involvement in their students’ education. . ..…

With United States having received Florida from Spain in the century, the Texas War of Independence and Mexican- American War allowed Washington to gain the swath of land between Louisiana and Pacific Ocean — including the strategic ports of California and the approach to Mississippi..…

And four have passed laws: California, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.  ..…

The Department of Justice and telecom industry groups are suing to block the California and Vermont laws. ... Washington, Oregon, Maine, and Colorado also have enacted net neutrality laws. ..…

Rhode Island, and several cities and counties in California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, and Washington state have made claims against fossil fuel companies under their respective state common law systems—not under federal law. . ..…

Like California, Oregon, and Washington have also passed net neutrality laws, and governors in six others have taken executive action. . ..…

o the organizations, of Maine, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and Washington have also withdrawn from the federal family-planning program. Three judges Washington, Oregon and California granted injunctions June, and Ninth Circuit stayed those injunctions pending appeal, finding the new..…