California vs Federal Election Funding | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews California is taking federal funding over election demands — and it’s suing. The state argues the Biden administration is threatening to withhold critical disaster relief money unless California and other states comply with politically charged election rules — like verifying citizenship in voter rolls or using specific voting machines. Governor Newsom calls it coercion, saying Congress already approved these funds for public safety, not election reform. This isn’t new — past court rulings have blocked similar tactics, and California’s AG is confident this lawsuit will win, calling it a blatant abuse of power to push a political agenda under the guise of national security. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/89ad6630730ba097