California’s fast-food wage hike puts Democrats on defense
It’s no secret that California is expensive. Californians pay more than most for electricity, gas and rent. Even eggs cost more here. Now, fast food…
Column: Primary election no-shows in California are a warning to Biden
SACRAMENTO — They’ve almost finished counting votes from the California primary and the news is not good for President Biden. Sure, he “won.” He was virtually…
Marilyn Lands, backing reproductive rights, wins Alabama vote
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say…
Opinion: Worst Congress ever? Let’s count the ways
More than halfway through the current two-year Congress, the “lawmakers” there bring to mind the old schoolyard quip about slacker students: They’re really good at…
A ‘double hater’ explains why she won’t back Trump or Biden
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — By now Victoria Thompson has heard it many times. She’s crazy. She’s throwing her vote away. Worse, those who loathe Donald Trump say…
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dies at 82
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed…
Betty Yee officially enters 2026 California governor’s race
Former state Controller Betty Yee on Wednesday launched her campaign for California governor in 2026, joining a crowded field of Democratic candidates nearly a year…
AP-NORC poll: Trump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans
ATLANTA — Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020 presidential election. But presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump appears to stoke more anger…
California’s 16th Congressional District divided by one vote
Those needing a reminder about the power of a singular vote should look no further than California’s 16th Congressional District, where the race to be…
Biden signs funding package after Senate passage ended shutdown threat
WILMINGTON, Del. — President Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2-trillion package of spending bills after Congress passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the…
Border debate swaying Democrats, possibly control of Congress
WASHINGTON — The Republican effort to solidify immigration as a decisive issue in the November election promises to influence the rematch between President Biden and former…
Indicted Sen. Menendez to skip New Jersey Democratic primary
TRENTON, N.J. — Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday he won’t run in the state’s Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but…
U.S. Jews say Trump can’t tell them how to be Jewish
Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015…
How to close California’s budget deficit? Democrats plan to have a plan
The three most powerful Democrats at the state Capitol came out Wednesday with a strange announcement. It boiled down to this: They’re working on a…
Congress unveils $1.2-trillion plan to avert federal shutdown
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers introduced a $1.2-trillion spending package Thursday that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend…
Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in U.S. think abortion should be legal, poll finds
WASHINGTON — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians…
California has an enormous budget deficit. Newsom and lawmakers say they plan to make a plan
With a budget deficit of at least $38 billion hanging over their heads, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly…
Biden courts Latino voters and presses housing affordability, manufacturing
Courting Western states’ voters that are critical to his reelection bid, President Biden completed a two-day swing through Nevada and Arizona on Wednesday with a…
Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats ‘hate Israel’ and their religion
NEW YORK — Former President Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism…
Candidates for President Know Firsthand the Hard Lessons of Adversity : Politics: Among the Democrats, poverty, racism and the nearness of death played role early in life.
WASHINGTON — Their life stories read like Horatio Alger tales, illustrations courtesy of Norman Rockwell. The early pages ache with poverty, racism and the nearness of…