Poll: Harris and Walz build huge lead among likely California voters
Vice President Kamala Harris’ entry into the presidential race has galvanized traditional Democratic voting groups and those not aligned with a political party, helping extend…
Kamala Harris, Olympics give U.S. a needed doomscrolling break
Happiness, “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz famously wrote, is a warm puppy. Quaint advice but also true — our family recently celebrated the dog days of…
Trump returns to X ahead of interview with Elon Musk
Donald Trump returned on Monday to the social media platform X, more than three years after he was banned following his supporters’ Jan. 6, 2021,…
Calmes: Donald Trump’s state of mind should be under debate
It’s way past time to talk seriously about Trump Derangement Syndrome — his, not his critics’.For years it’s been clear to mental health experts as…
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…
Harris raises $12 million in San Francisco, touts California roots
SAN FRANCISCO — In a boisterous homecoming after becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to California on Sunday and reveled in…
Echoing Trump, Harris supports no taxes on tips for service workers
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris promised to work to eliminate taxes on tips paid to restaurant and other service industry employees, echoing a pledge…
Amid the gloom, doom and anger, can 'joy' win voters over?
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, who gave the world 'weird' Republicans, says he and Kamala Harris will respond with joy. Team Trump says that's absurd.…
Kamala Harris is avoiding the press. Where’s the outrage?
To the surprise of just about everyone, Kamala Harris has had a remarkably good two weeks.Democrats, of course, are pleasantly surprised. Prior to President Biden’s…
‘Republicans for Harris’ pushes to win GOP voters put off by Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday was launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by former…
The largely invisible presidential campaign in rural Michigan
EVART, Mich. — Brandy Jones and Justin Patterson were hoping to find a restaurant with prime rib on the menu as they walked along the main…
Trump tears into Georgia’s Republican governor in Atlanta and online
ATLANTA — Former President Trump picked a new fight with Georgia’s Republican governor as he campaigned in the key swing state where he’s looking to avenge…
Activists step up criticism of Shapiro, Kelly as Harris mulls running mate
WASHINGTON — Democrats have unified with remarkable speed behind Vice President Kamala Harris as she has taken over the top of the party’s ticket heading into…
Electoral politics become a subtext in the prisoner swap with Russia
WASHINGTON — When the Americans freed from Russia stepped on U.S. soil late Thursday night, the first hugs came from a beaming President Biden and Vice…
Kamala Harris secures enough delegates, Democratic chair says
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison…
Harris and Democrats raised more than twice as much as Trump in July.
During the most tumultuous period of any presidential contest in recent memory, likely Democratic nominee Kamala Harris crushed former President Trump in the July money…
As Harris rises in polls, Trump falsely questions her Black identity
CHICAGO — Former President Trump made baseless assertions about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity during a combative interview at a Black journalism conference Wednesday, while…
The Supreme Court is out of control. Here’s how to rein it in
President Biden has proposed reforming a U.S. Supreme Court whose integrity has been tarnished, if not ruined, by its most conservative members.The president embraced term…
Column: White Dudes for Harris back presidential candidate
A mob of white men in the thousands amassed in a show of solidarity for their presidential candidate of choice, and no violence ensued. Not…
Hiltzik: Time to retire our aging Supreme Court justices
If it’s true that as Mark Twain supposedly said, history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes, then we are about to embark on a…