Trump denied climate change during his visit to California Monday, arguing without evidence, ‘It will start getting cooler, just you watch.’

Trump has previously blamed wildfires on the state of California for not raking forests.

Also: Good news for the 2020 census, and Maine is set to use ranked-choice voting in November.

Also: A Georgia church takes a stand against LGBTQ discrimination and a federal court hands a victory to Texas voters.

The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act would advance the rights of trans inmates.

Advocacy groups and lawmakers have called on the federal government and state governments to collect the data to better understand the impact of the virus on LGBTQ people.

It has been 32 years since Republicans won a presidential election in California.

The administration sought to undermine a sanctuary law limiting local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Voters in the state will receive absentee ballot applications in the mail for November’s election.

Also: An official Illinois website is providing new content for kids staying at home, and Democrats in Congress introduce a bold voting rights bill.

The data will help officials understand the impact COVID-19 is having on the LGBTQ community.

Also: Michigan invests $130 million in child care, and Ohio is closer to having its first LGBTQ sheriff.

Trump’s own commission failed to find any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the United States.

Even the Trump administration has extended social distancing guidelines until at least May, abandoning Trump’s earlier suggestion that the country could reopen by April 12.

‘This was the party of nerdy, wonky, tweedy capitalists who cared about economic growth. Now it is the party of populists,’ says one former GOP official.

Also this week, New Mexico pledged to invest $300 million for early childhood education, and Kentucky announced a record number of registered voters.

The state will apologize for aiding the U.S. government in forcing 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps after Pearl Harbor.

States addressed anti-LGBT discrimination, human trafficking, and youth suicide, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen unions.

No one was injured when a section of Trump’s border wall in Calexico, California, tumbled over the southwest border.

Investor-owned utility companies would have to cover some of the costs for things like lost wages or spoiled food.

California’s Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra fired back, saying, “nothing changes.”

The former congressman is standing by the ad, despite backlash from his own party.

Intense wildfires in places like California and Australia are leading to concerns about the long-term effects of smoke inhalation.

Virginia welcomes its first woman speaker of the House of Delegates the same week New York legislators pass a bill making it easier to vote, and Kansas worked to expand health care to 150,000 more residents.

Disgraced Rep. Duncan Hunter’s (R-CA) decision to delay his retirement into January means his constituents will be unrepresented for most of 2020.

The committee has warned Hunter to stop voting on legislation in light of his recent guilty plea.

The attack was the state’s third mass shooting in four days.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) asked the Senate to consider a universal background check bill, but Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) objected.

Former Rep. Steve Knight is launching a bid for Rep. Katie Hill’s district following her resignation.

Major California fires have been burning for weeks, but Trump only took notice Sunday — and pivoted immediately to insulting the state.