California officials on Thursday filed their 26th lawsuit against the Trump administration, after the president signed resolutions overturning the Golden State's landmark electric vehicle (EV) mandate.

"We made a promise that if the president attempted to illegally interfere with our clean air standards, we'd hold him accountable in court," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a press conference announcing the lawsuit.

"Today, we are making good on that promise," he added.

Bonta submitted the complaint in the Northern District of California together with his colleagues in Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

He said he filed the lawsuit moments after

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