A360 Media LLC., the parent company of the Trump-aligned tabloid National Enquirer, has agreed to pay the Federal Election Commission $187,500 for breaking campaign finance law during the 2016 election, The Wall Street Journal reported.Source: The publisher of a Trump-aligned tabloid agreed to pay the FEC nearly $200,000 for violating campaign-finance law during the 2016 election...

Only 40% of Californians say they’d vote to oust embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in this autumn’s all-but-certain recall election, according to a new poll. But count the incoming head of one the Golden State’s largest and most influential unions as part of that 40%.Source: Incoming head of powerful California union vows to run Newsom's 'a-- out of office'...

THE BUZZ: ‘Rising star‘ Lanhee Chen eyeing Controller? High profile political commentator and policy analyst Lanhee Chen, 42, a star at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, tells POLITICO he is “seriously considering” throwing his hat into the 2022 race for California State Controller. With Democratic Controller Betty Yee termed out, the open seat has already drawn a host of Democratic interest...