Kamala Harris’ book fuels debate about 2024, but offers little clarity about 2028
WASHINGTON — In an interview with Rachel Maddow this week promoting her new memoir, Kamala Harris was asked whether her book tour is part of a strategy…
Column: We need more champions for the powerless like John Burton
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
FBI Director Kash Patel fights growing doubts over his competence
WASHINGTON — Of all the investigations underway by the FBI, the case of Charlie Kirk’s killing is one that President Trump’s allies expect the bureau to get…
Releasing the Epstein files isn’t political. It’s about protecting rape victims
SACRAMENTO — Hello and happy Monday. Pigs are flying and Satan has on a puffer jacket. I know these things because the impossible is happening — I…
Hawaii’s governor, a career physician, has a message for Trump on RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON — Warning signs of eroding trust in public health under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have prompted growing calls for his resignation…
The teenager taking on AI tech bros
SACRAMENTO — Sneha Revanur has been called the “Greta Thunberg of AI,” which depending on your politics, is an insult or, as the youngs would say, means…
Newsom, caps lock and the future of political resistance
HELLO AND HAPPY THURSDAY. IT’S ME, ANITA LYNNE CHABRIA, COMING TO YOU IN ALL CAPS — BECAUSE THAT’S NOW HOW POLITICS IS DONE. No, I…
Column: On immigration, California Republicans still haven’t learned
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
As Congress returns, so does the Epstein scandal
WASHINGTON — The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein is back in Washington as Congress prepares to return for the fall.Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called an early start…
Column: Trump is a redistricting bully, not a wizard
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Federal funding for sex education in California is cut over ‘radical gender ideology’
The Trump administration has canceled a sexual education grant to California worth about $12.3 million on the grounds that it included “radical gender ideology” after…
Newsom can’t lose on redistricting
Happy Thursday. Your usual host, D.C. Bureau Chief Michael Wilner, is off today. So you’re once again stuck with me, California Columnist Anita Chabria. I’m…
Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles | FGM News
On a recent evening in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they ought to be more…
Column: Newsom’s redistricting plan is a power grab. But the GOP objections are rubbish
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Is Putin laying a trap in Alaska, or is Trump?
ANCHORAGE — The first presidential summit in years between Russia and the United States is on, setting nerves in Europe and Ukraine on a knife’s edge. But…
Newsom’s clash with California’s thirst for gasoline
SACRAMENTO — Three years ago, a series of political advertisements in Florida kicked off a war between Gov. Gavin Newsom and oil companies over blame for California’s…
Jen Pawol praised after breaking MLB umpire gender barrier
ATLANTA — Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday’s Marlins-Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job.Considering Pawol became the first female…
How would federal voting laws affect the redistricting frenzy?
California is in a standoff with Texas over redistricting that could decide the balance of power in Congress for the end of Donald Trump’s presidency…
As Harris drops out, a look at war chests in the Calif. governor race
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter George Skelton and Michael Wilner cover the insights, legislation, players and politics you need to know in…
Would Democrats run Kamala Harris — or any woman — in 2028?
Kamala Harris does not want to be governor of California, which has a whole lot of contenders (and some voters) doing a happy dance this…