How Rep. Barbara Lee tried to save the Oakland Athletics
After 57 years, the Athletics’ time in Oakland is down to three days. The final home series starts Tuesday.The A’s are moving: to Sacramento for…
This swing Central Valley congressional district will cross party lines for ‘best’ candidate
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The sky was graciously cloudy on a recent Saturday morning as a group of people from all corners of Kern County gathered in…
House votes to boost Trump security in scramble to protect candidates
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated…
Orange County congressional candidate Scott Baugh’s new ad talks about his brother’s death from fentanyl
The camera pans over framed photographs of five little boys with crew cuts, wide smiles and button-down shirts, as Orange County congressional candidate Scott Baugh…
Secret Service ‘needs more help,’ Biden says after gun aimed at Trump
The Secret Service is under pressure, but could also reap new funding, as politicians consider what has led to two assassination attempts in just over…
Opinion: The GOP House earns its ‘do-nothing’ label all over again
Lucky for the Republicans who run the House, few Americans are paying attention to their antics of late, given the focus on the presidential race.…
U.S. cites Egypt’s help in Gaza as Washington sends full military aid
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3-billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money…
GOP targets ‘noncitizen voting.’ Experts agree it’s not a problem
WASHINGTON — Heading into what is expected to be another tight presidential race, Republicans are laying the groundwork for an updated version of the false “voter…
Opinion: What’s with the silence from former Trump heavyweights?
If it’s strength they need, there’s strength in numbers.I’m referring to former officials who worked for Donald Trump, especially the national security stewards, who have…
Speaker Johnson calls off a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as…
Donald Trump’s revealing word salad about child care
In the United States, most parents of young children work, most need help caring for their children, and most cannot depend on family members to…
The U.S. presidency is the most powerful job in the world. Too powerful
Like a compulsive gambler, the United States keeps raising the stakes on decisions made by inherently fallible humans. When, inevitably, those humans make bad choices…
Democrats in South L.A. legislative race accused of misconduct
A south Los Angeles legislative race that pits two Democrats against each other on the November ballot is resurfacing allegations of misconduct levied against the…
Kinzinger blames McCarthy for resurrecting Trump after Jan. 6
TORONTO — In a new documentary about his final term in Congress, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who voted for then-President Trump’s impeachment after…
On This Day, Sept. 5: First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
1 of 3 | On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia, calling for a boycott of British goods and…
Opinion: For undecideds, will this be Kamala Harris’ Achilles’ heel?
Kamala Harris has had a strong start to her presidential campaign, but the remaining weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 election will be closely…
Will a Vietnamese American candidate help Democrats win a congressional seat in Little Saigon?
At a solemn reunion in Orange County, dozens of elderly Vietnamese Americans gathered recently to reconnect with others once held at Suối Máu, a camp…
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are both wrong about unity
The single most abused, misused and misunderstood word in American politics is “unity.”All presidential candidates vow to unite Americans. Nearly every pundit and public intellectual…
Opinion: How Shirley Chisholm’s run for president led to Kamala Harris’
When Kamala Harris takes the stage on Thursday night, becoming the first woman of color to accept the Democratic Party nomination for president, she will…
Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — George Santos, who spun lies about his life into an 11-month stint in Congress, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated…