The U.S. state of California, home to roughly 40 million people, towers over most sovereign nations in economic output.

An urban explorer recently documented Kinugawa Onsen, a Japanese resort town in disrepair emblematic of economic hardship the ...

Undeterred, Newsom has continued his boastful ways. A few weeks ago he bragged that California, were it a nation, now has the world’s fourth-largest economy at $4.1 trillion, edging out Japan.

California has the thinnest of advantages over fast-growth India, with $4.187 trillion of business output. Now this $11 billion difference is real money, but it’s just a 0.2% gap.

ICE raids and mass deportations could cost California $275 billion in lost wages and other funds, a report finds.