U.S. bracing for complex election threats, FBI chief warns
McLEAN, VA. — The United States expects to face fast-moving threats to its elections this year as artificial intelligence and other technological advances have made interference…
Dame Esther Rantzen renews call for assisted dying vote after report
Despite concern a change in the law would lead to poorer support at the end of life, the committee's report said, if anything, it was…
Can conservative Latin American populists motivate Latino vote? Republicans are counting on it
OXON HILL, Md. — On a recent evening outside Washington, the president of Argentina had the eyes and ears of a conservative crowd that had gathered…
Vote on barring alleged sex offence MPs from Parliament postponed
Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect, which represents many workers in Parliament, said after unions had backed measures put forward this week to increase MPs'…
Opinion: Why don’t rational GOP leaders keep quiet instead of endorsing Trump?
The Republican Party’s transformation into an anti-government populist movement has been a bottom-up phenomenon: Conservative voters, radicalized by right-wing radio, Fox News, social media and…
Former SNP council leader charged with sex offences
Jordan Linden, the former North Lanarkshire leader, was charged in connection with non-recent offences. Source link
Complaints seek probe of Kevin McCarthy PAC spending at a luxury resort
Federal election officials have been asked to investigate whether former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy personally benefited in violation of the law from the nearly quarter…
Gove investigated by Commons standards watchdog
The investigation relates to the housing secretary's register of financial interests. Source link
Democratic Party chair Rusty Hicks assailed as outsider in bid for North Coast Assembly seat
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — At first glance, the Sonoma County Democratic Party’s 36th annual Crab Feed seemed the political schmoozefest it has been for nearly four…
Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says
Taxpayers have spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment in California since it was reinstated in 1978, or about $308 million for each of…
Trump talks tough. But after 15 months, he’s been risk averse when it comes to use of military force
Reporting from Washington — He tweets about “fire and fury” and threatens “an event the likes of which nobody’s seen before.” But after 15 months in…
Capitol Journal: California’s Legislature is less popular than Trump with the state’s voters, poll finds
Reporting from Sacramento — The heavily Democratic state Legislature is less popular among California voters than President Trump. That’s not a typo. It’s a poll finding…
Judge orders Trump off Illinois primary ballot
CHICAGO — A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that the Illinois State Board of Elections must take former President Trump’s name off the state’s March 19…
How the Supreme Court just handed Trump a huge victory
Given the Supreme Court’s possible responses to Donald Trump’s appeal of the D.C. Circuit’s denial of his claim of immunity from prosecution, the justices’ decision…
Michigan primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden
LANSING, Mich. — President Biden and Donald Trump easily won their party’s primaries in Michigan, but Tuesday’s results showed that both candidates have cause for concern…
Supreme Court to hear Trump’s claim of immunity, delaying his trial
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will hear arguments and issue a decision on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution for the…
Hunter Biden tells Republicans he didn’t involve his father in work
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden appeared Wednesday on Capitol Hill for a closed-door deposition with lawmakers, a critical moment for Republicans as their impeachment inquiry into his…
Shape Your L.A. is now available in Spanish
Maybe you’re a longtime Angeleno who still gets confused between Los Angeles County and the city of Los Angeles, or perhaps you just moved into…
Supreme Court leans in favor of upholding ban on bump stocks
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed prepared to uphold a Trump-era regulation that would outlaw “bump stocks” that work like machine guns and allow…
Trump lawyers say he’s prepared to post $100-million bond while on appeal
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appellate court Wednesday to halt collection of the former president’s $454-million civil fraud judgment while he…