Speaker Johnson calls off a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as…
Donald Trump’s revealing word salad about child care
In the United States, most parents of young children work, most need help caring for their children, and most cannot depend on family members to…
The U.S. presidency is the most powerful job in the world. Too powerful
Like a compulsive gambler, the United States keeps raising the stakes on decisions made by inherently fallible humans. When, inevitably, those humans make bad choices…
Democrats in South L.A. legislative race accused of misconduct
A south Los Angeles legislative race that pits two Democrats against each other on the November ballot is resurfacing allegations of misconduct levied against the…
Kinzinger blames McCarthy for resurrecting Trump after Jan. 6
TORONTO — In a new documentary about his final term in Congress, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who voted for then-President Trump’s impeachment after…
On This Day, Sept. 5: First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
1 of 3 | On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia, calling for a boycott of British goods and…
Opinion: For undecideds, will this be Kamala Harris’ Achilles’ heel?
Kamala Harris has had a strong start to her presidential campaign, but the remaining weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 election will be closely…
Will a Vietnamese American candidate help Democrats win a congressional seat in Little Saigon?
At a solemn reunion in Orange County, dozens of elderly Vietnamese Americans gathered recently to reconnect with others once held at Suối Máu, a camp…
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are both wrong about unity
The single most abused, misused and misunderstood word in American politics is “unity.”All presidential candidates vow to unite Americans. Nearly every pundit and public intellectual…
Opinion: How Shirley Chisholm’s run for president led to Kamala Harris’
When Kamala Harris takes the stage on Thursday night, becoming the first woman of color to accept the Democratic Party nomination for president, she will…
Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — George Santos, who spun lies about his life into an 11-month stint in Congress, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated…
In political ads, Democrats go on offense about border security
WASHINGTON — Democrats are flipping the script on border security, with political ads for races across the country highlighting an issue Republicans have repeatedly used as…
Long Beach’s Robert Garcia emerges as a political star
Before a class of captivated high school seniors, Rep. Robert Garcia recounted the trajectory of his life: as a boy from humble beginnings in Peru,…
Granderson: How would Harris pay for the policies that voters want?
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign plans to shift its economic message this week from breadth to depth, articulating some of the policies we could expect…
The richest man and the poorest man in Congress are both from California
California boasts both the richest man and the poorest man in Congress and sends 20 millionaires to Washington, along with a vineyard estate owner and…
Column: Katie Porter looks ahead with no regrets over lost Senate bid
Katie Porter is seated at Starbucks, nursing an iced coffee and discussing might-have-beens as a stream of customers in seasonal uniform — shorts, flip-flops —…
Who is running in 2026 to replace Gavin Newsom as California governor?
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Top job: California controllerBiggest splash: During Yee’s tenure as controller, her agency uncovered tens of millions of dollars of local…
Tim Walz is having a moment. But he won’t win or lose the election
Barack Obama wasn’t elected president because he chose to run alongside Joe Biden.Mitt Romney didn’t lose his White House bid because Paul D. Ryan was…
‘West Coast wannabe’: Republicans seek to tie Walz to California
Tim Walz grew up in a rural Nebraska town about 1,500 miles from the coastal blue cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.He governs Minnesota,…
Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona election case
PHOENIX — Former President Trump’s campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with Rudolph W. Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being…