Tech titans pour millions into San Francisco mayor’s race
SAN FRANCISCO — Camilo Acosta couldn’t imagine finding the kind of success he’s had as a tech entrepreneur anywhere besides San Francisco.Acosta moved to San Francisco…
Column: Trump hates windmills. That’s a big problem for California
WASHINGTON — For a long time, Donald Trump derided electric vehicles as expensive and impractical. “Nobody wants them,” he charged, even though almost 6 million have…
Former President Clinton visits Georgia to rally rural Black voters
ALBANY, Ga. — Former President Clinton urged churchgoers in Albany, Ga., on Sunday to rally behind the upbeat campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris for the…
Biden surveys Hurricane Milton damage in Florida
ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — President Biden on Sunday saw firsthand some of the devastation that Hurricane Milton inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast, including piles of…
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation was even worse than it looked
President Trump and his party never cared a bit about whether Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted women.Kavanaugh‘s 2018 confirmation to the Supreme Court was going to…
National party leaders descend on California, where voters could determine control of Congress
In the Antelope Valley and Orange County this weekend, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is rallying Democrats who are volunteering and raising money for Congressional…
Trump airs anti-transgender ads during NFL, college games
WASHINGTON — Anyone who watches football has probably seen one of the most arresting ads of the campaign season in recent weeks, showing images of Vice…
An Oregon congressional race tests the power of party labels
TUALATIN, Ore. — For nearly a decade, Donald Trump has ruled the Republican Party with a power that rivals the moon and tides.Lori Chavez-DeRemer is trying…
Why Arizona’s LDS voters matter so much to Harris and Trump
MESA, Ariz. — Jeremy Spilsbury never suspected that anything was off. He attended services at his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ward, stayed…
Calmes: The GOP assault on election integrity has already begun
If you needed just one fact to show that in the world’s greatest democracy one of the two major parties is perversely devoted to suppressing…
A ‘Locally hated/Dyslexic Hairstylist’ battles the Christian right in a Texas town
GRANBURY, Texas — One might wonder how Adrienne Quinn Martin, a hairdresser, former belly dancer, mother of two and long-ago brand girl for a liquor distributor,…
Where Harris, Trump stand on healthcare: election voter guide
Medicare. Drug costs. The fate of the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare — and who would handle it best — has continued to be contested turf…
Data show migrants not taking jobs from Latino, Black workers as Trump says
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected. Such a mass deportation, economists…
Trump returns to California for a rally in the Coachella Valley
With just 23 days left until election day and voters already casting ballots, former President Trump is returning to California on Saturday for a rally…
Kevin de León takes a page from Trump’s playbook at Boyle Heights debate
More than 200 people packed the pews at Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, and they all had one question on their minds:Where…
Harris’ doctor reports she’s in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw a contrast with Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor said in…
L.A.’s new council president takes heat over committee picks
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, with an assist from Dakota Smith, catching you…
Column: Newsom administration’s confounding actions on gas prices
SACRAMENTO — The Newsom administration is in conflict with itself on gasoline pricing, speaking from both sides of its mouth.Is it trying to hold down prices…
All politics are local? Not in this election
WASHINGTON — Asked at a candidate debate this week about President Biden’s border policies, Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez didn’t hesitate.“My seriousness in taking on the…
With false or misleading claims, Trump drives anti-immigrant message
AURORA, Colo. — Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that’s been in the news over immigration as he drives…