Harris races to define her image before Republicans can
WASHINGTON — Vice presidents seeking the top job almost always feel a need to separate themselves from the presidents they’ve served.For Hubert Humphrey, the moment came…
In Tim Walz’s rural hometown, his Democratic politics are an awkward fit
VALENTINE, Neb. — Mayor Kyle Arganbright steered his dusty diesel truck through this ranching town, past the rodeo grounds and livestock auction, and pointed out…
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…
JD Vance’s pathetic effort to ‘Swift-boat’ Tim Walz’s military service
As soon as I heard Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance smearing the military service of his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, all I could…
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.…
California Democratic lawmaker switches party to join Republicans
SACRAMENTO — A moderate California Democratic state lawmaker announced Thursday that she is switching to the Republican Party while criticizing her former party’s leadership and policies.…
Opinion: Nancy Pelosi wants you to know she wields power but won’t tell all
Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s new book about major events of her two decades as House speaker or Democratic leader is titled “The Art of Power” —…
GOP Rep. Mike Garcia says job is to keep U.S. from becoming California
There was a bogeyman at Republican Rep. Mike Garcia’s town hall in Santa Clarita this week: the state of California.Onstage at the Performing Arts Center…
Republicans’ ‘Tampon Tim’ joke about Walz is already backfiring
Before Tuesday, vice presidential contender Tim Walz was hardly a household name. Now that the Minnesota governor has been the subject of round-the-clock news interviews…
‘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,…
What’s up with ‘weird’? Tim Walz and his Midwestern plain talk
When Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, Democrats were quick to praise the Minnesota governor not just for his…
Granderson: Top Republicans know better than to back Trump
When it comes to disaster movies, my biggest pet peeve is the sex scene. As soon as a Diane Warren song starts playing in the…
Ex-Trump officials, prominent Republicans back Harris for president in new initative
The election campaign of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Republicans for Harris initiative that seeks to attract GOP voters who do not want…
‘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…
Opinion: Why is the GOP blocking legislation that would help kids?
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance told Megyn Kelly last month that Democrats are calling for an end to the Child Tax Credit because they…
Can GOP Rep. Garcia hold onto his L.A. County Congressinoal District 27 seat?
Early on a Saturday morning at Rawley Duntley Park in Lancaster — the high-desert sun blazing — George Whitesides, a Democrat running for Congress, was…
Why Democrats’ attacks on ‘weird’ Republicans are so powerful
Democrats may have finally found their magical talisman: One word (with apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien) to rule them all, one word to find them, one…
Talk of Josh Shapiro as Harris’ running mate veers into antisemitism
We know Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, has set an Aug. 7 deadline to announce a running mate. The question of whom…
Kamala Harris and ‘cat ladies’ versus Republican sexism and racism
Do MAGA Republicans hear themselves?Earlier this month, as he speculated on Newsmax about how Vice President Kamala Harris might perform as the Democratic presidential nominee,…
What Kamala Harris’ run for California attorney general revealed
Smart Republicans could see a day like this coming — and tried mightily to prevent it — back in 2010.That was the year Kamala Harris,…