First California Senate debate: Key moments, highlights and reactions
The stage for the first California Senate debate is seen at Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan.…
Atkins is prepared to lead California but faces a tough race
SACRAMENTO — Californians could do worse than elect veteran state Senate leader Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. Not that they should necessarily.…
Schiff, Porter, Lee and Garvey square off in California Senate debate
The first-time candidate has his first real chance to illuminate Californians under Klieg lights when he joins three Democratic members of Congress in the race’s…
Hiltzik: Ron DeSantis, loser – Los Angeles Times
Sunday was a tough day for those, like me, who get their entertainment jollies by watching losers try to redeem themselves. I’m not talking only…
Supreme Court allows border agents to remove razor wire in Texas
The court did not explain its reasoning, a typical practice for the court when it rules on applications for emergency relief. Members of the Texas…
Supreme Court rules for Biden in Texas border razor wire case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Biden administration in a 5-4 vote Monday and said Border Patrol agents may cut barbed wire installed by…
Diversity-based hiring is antisemitic – POLITICO
KRAKÓW, Poland — Elon Musk has upped his war on woke by saying that diverse hiring policies are “fundamentally antisemitic” and discriminatory, shortly after a private…
Judge orders unsealing of Georgia special prosecutor’s divorce case
MARIETTA, Ga. — A judge on Monday ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the election case…
New York GOP challenged on abortion rights on Roe anniversary
Abortion rights are more literally on the ballot here this November, with a state-level Equal Rights Amendment — the New York Equal Protection of Law…
Possible Trump testimony in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial postponed
NEW YORK — A juror’s illness forced the postponement for at least a day Monday of a defamation trial where former President Trump had been expected…
Trump’s defamation trial is postponed, complicating his possible testimony
A lawyer for the plaintiff, writer E. Jean Carroll, objected to such a delay, telling Kaplan, “we’d like to get this trial over,” and adding,…
Clean water is a human right. Why are so many California communities without it?
Barely a month after he took office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom journeyed to a rural school in the Central Valley and stood by chance…
Senate candidates steer clear of California’s biggest environmental issue
“If you’re interested in raising money, you certainly want to go to the San Joaquin Valley for water,” said Tom Birmingham, the former general manager…
Column: Taiwan held an election. War didn’t break out. That’s good for California
WASHINGTON — Good news has been scarce in world affairs this year. So it’s worth noting a conflict zone where the worst-case scenario hasn’t happened: the…
A new plane crisis tests Boeing’s revamped lobbying team
Some who spoke to POLITICO defended the new team. One person working in government affairs in the aviation industry noted that Ziad Ojakli, the top…
California congressman asks New Hampshire voters to write in Biden
CONCORD, N.H. — In a long black pea coat and loafers, California Rep. Ro Khanna looked the part of a New England politician. “You know, I…
The Supreme Court Has Fed a New Appetite for Executions
States are responding. On Thursday, Alabama is scheduled to execute someone using a potentially dangerous method that has never before been used in the U.S.…
At least 27 dead in a shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine
The artillery shells that hit the area had been fired from the area of Kurakhove and Krasnohorivka to the west, Pushilin said, adding that emergency…
Haley endorsed by top New Hampshire publication
“She is easily the most qualified candidate on either ballot,” it said. “Nikki Haley is an accountant by career and training. Nikki Haley is a…
Gretchen Whitmer pushes Biden to talk more bluntly about abortion
Top Biden campaign officials have flagged abortion rights as a top issue for the president, but Biden himself has been more restrained in talking about…