I hope reality is catching up to my fiction about a female president
When I was 19 years old, in the early 1980s, I started writing a novel about the daughter of the first female United States president.…
Trump’s culture of retribution has swept through American life
After a video went on social media portraying him as a radical groomer endangering children with sexually explicit books, Frank Strong, a Texas teacher, received…
Battleground Nevada: Economic anxiety is visceral among voters
LAS VEGAS — Retiree Madonna Raffini recently shopped for groceries for herself and her 96-year-old mother.“I went into Walmart, of all places, and looked at the…
What’s behind the Trump campaign’s obsession with transgender issues
Gallup recently published a list of what Americans consider the most pressing issues as they choose the next president. Unsurprisingly, there is no overlap between…
Gascón trails Hochman by wide margin in L.A. D.A. race, poll shows
With two days left before election day, a new poll shows Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón has cut slightly into challenger Nathan Hochman’s…
Column: Sure, Harris isn’t ideal. But Trump is a disgrace to America
SACRAMENTO — Here’s my take on the painful 2024 presidential race. And I’ll keep it simple.OK, call it simplistic. This absurd election season does lend itself…
Teens 16 and 17 get to vote in Alameda County school board races
OAKLAND — Candidates seeking to lead the Oakland Unified School District faced a barrage of tough questions one recent evening — an interrogation led by an…
John Mulaney hosts eventful ‘SNL’ with Kamala Harris in cold open
You know it’s a stacked week on “Saturday Night Live” when a new John Mulaney-led Duane Reade at the Port Authority Bus Terminal musical sketch…
Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’
At the tail end of an arduous, hotly contested presidential election campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris managed to have the last laugh. On “Saturday Night…
At campaign stop, Biden suggests he’d like to smack ‘macho guys’
SCRANTON, Pa. — President Biden made a final campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris and again let loose, saying he’s like to hit back —…
Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit over hand-returned mail ballots
ATLANTA — A Georgia judge on Saturday rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices on Saturday and Sunday to let voters…
Democrats hope to win Georgia. Do Republicans have the edge?
ATLANTA — Four years ago, Deborah Scott played a key role in helping President Biden win Georgia, leading a band of mostly Black women to canvass,…
Special interests spend big to influence L.A. legislative races
The California Legislature is poised to welcome one of its largest freshman classes in more than a decade, and special interest groups are spending millions…
House speaker says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then rephrases
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips, a statement he quickly tried…
Trump and Harris make their final pitch
In the final, frenetic days of the 2024 campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are crisscrossing the country, keeping up a dizzying…
Harris, Trump both have a shot Nov. 5, with these issues still in flux
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Wes Bair, a 74-year-old Black man from Pennsylvania’s capital city, has personal experience with young Black voters wavering on whether to support Kamala…
In an election supposedly about women’s issues, the media are obsessed with men.
This is not a polling story. It’s critical I state that fact right up front, because if you’ve practiced any sort of self-care over the…
FBI links fake Georgia voter fraud video to ‘Russian influence actors’
WASHINGTON — A video purporting to depict voter fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said as they…
Trump lays the groundwork for election challenge if he loses
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he…
Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel, U.S. with ‘a crushing response’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies.Ayatollah…