Auto Accident Kills Husband of Jackie Speier
SACRAMENTO — The husband of Assemblywoman Jackie Speier (D-Burlingame) has died of injuries he suffered in an automobile accident, her office announced Wednesday. Dr. Steven K.…
Biden starts ramping up — while building a cash advantage over Trump
Biden’s ballooning payroll and cash balance reflect the campaign’s pivot to what’s likely to be the longest general election season in modern political history. The…
Georgia district attorney prosecuting Trump has been subpoenaed over claims of improper relationship
ATLANTA — Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis and a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Trump have been…
Biden’s money machine, Trump’s legal bills and other takeaways from the 2024 money race
Biden spent months slowly building his campaign operation before ramping up significantly at the end of the year. Across his various committees and fundraising vehicles,…
Judge rules California background check, anti-importation rules for ammo unconstitutional
A California law requiring people to submit to a background check every time they want to purchase ammunition is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled in…
Kari Lake’s fundraising puts her behind in Arizona Senate race
Those numbers are low for a frontrunner in a major Senate race. And they mean Lake entered the 2024 election year far behind her major…
‘Do Not Rehire’: Panel finds Villanueva violated county discrimination, harassment policies
An oversight panel has recommended that former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva be deemed ineligible for rehire after officials found he discriminated against Inspector…
Baseball star Steve Garvey raises $600,000 in California Senate race
He faces three formidable Democratic challengers: Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee. Garvey is highlighting his status as a political outsider, but all…
Cash payments not part of California’s 14 reparations bills
SACRAMENTO — The California Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday outlined the first set of reparations for the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the…
Alzheimer’s program renewal on the way, lawmakers say
“It could easily be part of this package,” he said. “I’ll certainly push that it should be part of it.” Kaine said he was among…
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter
Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the accidental fatal shooting of the “Rust” movie cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and…
Trump’s Teamsters meeting lays bare division over immigration
O’Brien, who met with Trump twice this month to discuss organized labor, disagreed. He said he doesn’t support a shutdown of the border, adding “we…
Islamic Resistance in Iraq group is to blame for Jordan drone strike that killed 3 troops, US says
Kirby said Biden was continuing to weigh retaliation options to the attack but said “the first thing you see won’t be the last thing,” adding…
Federal judge throws out Disney’s lawsuit against DeSantis
“This is an important case with serious implications for the rule of law, and it will not end here,” the company stated. “If left unchallenged,…
Rumors swirl in Kyiv of Zelenskyy planning to oust his top general – POLITICO
The first rumors of a feud and Zaluzhny’s possible ousting began circulating at the end of 2022, when media reported Zelenskyy was mulling replacing Zaluzhny…
Trump who? In NY special election, MAGA talk is absent
So far in the race for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, Republicans have tried to ignore the party’s flag-bearer. Mazi Pilip, the Republican candidate in…
GOP super PAC spends more on migrant crisis ads in NY race
Pilip, an Ethiopian-born former Israeli Defense Forces soldier, faces former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi in the race for the district, which includes parts of Long…
Putin challenger submits 105,000 signatures backing his election campaign – POLITICO
In a post on his Telegram channel, the anti-war candidate said, “It will be very difficult for the CEC and the current authorities to say,…
Opinion: Need a good book? Try one your 9th-grader isn’t allowed to read
I have discovered many wonderful books, mostly in the young adult category, by reading news stories about what’s being banned in public schools these days:…
There are more Russian spies in EU Parliament, Latvian lawmakers say – POLITICO
Parliament on Monday opened an internal probe into Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka after an independent Russian investigative newspaper, the Insider, reported she had been working…