Secret Service ‘needs more help,’ Biden says after gun aimed at Trump
The Secret Service is under pressure, but could also reap new funding, as politicians consider what has led to two assassination attempts in just over…
Opinion: The GOP House earns its ‘do-nothing’ label all over again
Lucky for the Republicans who run the House, few Americans are paying attention to their antics of late, given the focus on the presidential race.…
U.S. cites Egypt’s help in Gaza as Washington sends full military aid
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3-billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money…
GOP targets ‘noncitizen voting.’ Experts agree it’s not a problem
WASHINGTON — Heading into what is expected to be another tight presidential race, Republicans are laying the groundwork for an updated version of the false “voter…
Opinion: What’s with the silence from former Trump heavyweights?
If it’s strength they need, there’s strength in numbers.I’m referring to former officials who worked for Donald Trump, especially the national security stewards, who have…
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…