Columnists debate Gavin Newsom’s controversial podcast
SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom has a new political podcast, in case you hadn’t heard, and he’s not the only one who’s talking.California’s gallivanting governor has made national…
The election year was bruising for America. What does 2025 hold?
SACRAMENTO — How do you summarize — or make sense of — 2024? It’s been a year of upheaval, division, winners and losers. And perhaps most…
Coach Walz steals the show from Oprah and Stevie Wonder
CHICAGO — Democrats turned up the wattage at their convention Wednesday, rolling out celebrities including Stevie Wonder, John Legend and Oprah Winfrey to vouch for Kamala…
Republican Convention a split screen between nasty and nice
MILWAUKEE — J.D. Vance introduced himself by throwing down the age card.Donald Trump Jr. got some things off his chest.And for the second night in…
J.D. Vance is crowned heir apparent on Day 1 of RNC
MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump got a new partner.Joe Biden got dragged as old and senile.Republican delegates — and those watching on TV — got an earful…
At Republican National Convention, which Trump will show up?
The Republican National Convention opens Monday in Milwaukee at one of the most tumultuous times in modern American history.The four-day event is a make-good of…
Chabria column: What I got wrong about the ‘bad built’ blowup
Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 160 days left until the election, and the week of reckoning has come for Donald Trump, the guy who…