Mookie Betts will join teammates for Dodgers’ White House visit
PHILADELPHIA — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts announced Friday he will accompany the team on its visit to the White House next week, when President Trump will recognize…
Will Kamala Harris run for California governor? The question swirls
As California politicos look ahead to 2025, the biggest question looming is whether Vice President Kamala Harris — a native daughter, battered just weeks ago…
A record 13 women will serve as states’ governors next year
The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record…
Column: America’s last presidential bellwether ends its winning streak
The bellwether rings true no more.For nearly half a century, voters in Clallam County, Wash. — a lush green dot in a far-off corner of…
Oprah, Lady Gaga bring back the joy in Kamala Harris’ final rally
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris held her final rally of the campaign Monday night, 106 days after President Biden dropped out, with a heavy dose…
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…
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…
Did Biden mean to call Trump supporters ‘garbage’?
Did President Biden just call former President Trump’s supporters — nearly half the American electorate — “garbage”?That’s what it sounded like he said in an…
Kamala Harris to deliver closing argument at site of Trump Jan. 6 rally
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to deliver what advisors are calling a closing message Tuesday night, a week before election day, speaking from the…
GOP leaders slam Harris for calling Trump a fascist
Two key GOP leaders — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — made a pitch for civility on Friday, accusing Vice…
Harris campaigns with Lizzo in Detroit before Atlanta rally with Usher
DETROIT — Vice President Kamala Harris appeared with Lizzo on Saturday in the singer’s hometown of Detroit, marking the beginning of in-person voting and lavishing the…
Harris’ first formal interview with Fox News is combative
In the most combative interview since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, she discussed border policy, taxpayer-funded benefits for transgender prisoners and…
Harris’ doctor reports she’s in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw a contrast with Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor said in…
5 times Donald Trump changed his stance on an issue
WASHINGTON — President Trump has a record of saying outrageous, contradictory and untrue things. Fact-checkers have found thousands of falsehoods he has asserted about many issues,…
5 times Kamala Harris changed her stance on an issue
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to define herself when she ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The party’s base was demanding that candidates…
Seeking to woo voters, Trump puts aside his beef with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. For now
ATLANTA — Former president Trump put aside his differences Friday with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, meeting Kemp in the hurricane-ravaged community of Evans, Ga, for their…
Missiles, a hurricane, a strike: Crises are shaping presidential race
ATLANTA — A trio of simultaneous crises sent the White House buzzing and threatened to reshape the presidential race this week, as President Biden and the…
Warning: Given Trump’s age, President Vance is a real possibility
Do vice-presidential debates matter? Conventional wisdom says no. Historically, polls have shown that those quadrennial 90 minutes have little effect on how people will vote…
5 Takeaways from the Vance-Walz vice presidential debate.
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota faced off Tuesday night in what is expected to be the…
Vance and Walz offer political spins on climate change
Vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz, addressing one of the first questions in their debate Tuesday night, offered differing takes on how to…