Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as deadline for shutdown looms
WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the…
Trump’s redistricting push threatens minority representation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III wants a second civil rights movement in response to President Trump and his fellow Republicans who are redrawing…
Shirley Whitney; Leading GOP Volunteer
Shirley Whitney, 89, leading Republican volunteer in the San Fernando Valley who designed popular political buttons. Whitney was a Democrat for many years until the…
California GOP energized by opposition to Newsom’s redistricting plan
Generally speaking, it’s a grand time to be a Republican in the nation’s capital.President Trump is redecorating the White House in his gold-plated image. The…
Utah gerrymander struck down by judge in a win for voters
It’s been more than 60 years since Utah backed a Democrat for president. The state’s last Democratic U.S. senator left office nearly half a century…
Iowa GOP loses supermajority in state Senate after Democrat’s win
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Democrat Catelin Drey is on track to break the GOP supermajority in the Iowa state Senate by flipping a seat previously…
Calif. court rejects GOP challenge to redraw state maps
Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court has rejected a Republican challenge to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to redraw the state's congressional districts, a…
Both parties expect a GOP map in Texas to clear a big hurdle in a national fight over redistricting
AUSTIN, Texas — Both parties expected Republicans to win an early round Wednesday in a growing national redistricting battle by pushing a congressional map creating five new…
Newsom’s redistricting move isn’t pretty. California GOP leaders are uglier
King Gavin is at it again!That’s the cry coming from Republicans across California as Newsom pushes the state Legislature to approve a November special election…
Dozens of House Democrats left Texas to deny GOP the quorum to vote
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President…
Texas Democrats ending two-week walkout over gerrymandered US GOP House map | Donald Trump News
California Democrats have advanced a countereffort to redraw their congressional boundaries, against a push by US President Donald Trump.Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout…
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…
In Trump’s redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board
ATLANTA — Fight! Fight! Fight!It’s not just Donald Trump’s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP’s advantage, Democrats…
Failed GOP candidate gets 80 yrs for shooting at political adversaries
Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A failed GOP candidate in New Mexico has been sentenced to 80 years behind bars for orchestrating a shooting spree targeting…
Sarah Palin’s family in the spotlight again as painful details emerge of Track Palin’s arrest
Sarah Palin’s family was thrust into the national spotlight in 2008 when Sen. John McCain picked her to be his GOP running mate in the…
Texas Republicans plan another special session to deliver Trump more GOP congressional seats
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin another standoff with Democrats in the…
Rep. Nancy Mace kicks off South Carolina GOP gubernatorial bid. She says she’s ‘Trump in high heels’
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is running for governor, entering a GOP primary in which competition for President Trump’s endorsement — and the…
Rep. Nancy Mace runs for S.C. governor in crowded GOP primary
1 of 2 | Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC, arrives to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in 2024. Mace announced today that…
Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, poll finds
WASHINGTON — Many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective,” while Republicans are more complimentary of their party, although a small but significant share describe…
California ponders redistricting to reduce GOP congressional districts
California Democrats led by Gov. Gavin Newsom may upend the state’s mandate for independently drawn political districts as part of a brewing, national political brawl…