Abortion ban supercharges Arizona politics, challenging GOP
PHOENIX — Abortion politics and policy are clashing here like in no other state as the Republican-led Legislature convenes Wednesday to sort out the aftermath of…
1 in 3 adults thinks Trump acted illegally in hush money case
WASHINGTON — The first criminal trial facing former President Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new…
House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing trial
WASHINGTON — The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations…
House speaker says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of…
Trump’s untruths pile up. Biden gets facts wrong too. Do voters care?
Former President Trump was on another one of his screeds about how Democratic prosecutors were persecuting him, saying he’d been “investigated by the Democrats more…
Homeland Security secretary navigates working with Republicans
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas was expected to be testifying about his agency’s 2025 budget Wednesday just as House Republicans advanced…
Arizona abortion ruling puts issue at fore of presidential race
Donald Trump hoped to sidestep the abortion debate by suggesting he would turn the matter over to individual states, rather than having Congress and the…
Trump says leave abortion to the states. What does that mean?
Former President Trump released his 2024 stance on abortion Monday, saying he supports leaving it up to states to determine abortion access — in essence…
How Republicans are abandoning even their core principles
The changing of the conservative mind in recent years could hardly be captured more pithily than in the headline of a recent op-ed: “Why I…
Justice Department blasts GOP effort to hold attorney general in contempt
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday blasted Republicans’ effort to hold Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over unredacted materials…
Poll: Americans want presidential power checked, unless their side wins
WASHINGTON — Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he’d like to see the U.S. government “go back to its original design” — a system of checks…
House Republicans introduce bill to rename Dulles Airport after Donald Trump
1 of 4 | House Republicans are seeking to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia (pictured) to "Donald J. Trump International Airport." The bill,…
Column: Trump, California would clash on EVs, offshore drilling
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he isn’t worried about climate change. Before he was a presidential candidate, he said global warming was “a hoax” invented by…
Trump allies in Congress support him on deportations, Jan. 6 pardons
WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, his…
House speaker plans to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday indicated he will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate shortly after…
How California bashing went from ‘Moonbeam’ to ‘not really American’
For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, residents of the rest of the country often saw California as the place their wacky or adventurous…
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…
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…
Trump should pick Gracey Van Der Mark of Huntington Beach as his VP
So you’re Donald Trump, you’re the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and you’re salivating to return to the White House. There’s a big issue you need…
Senate inches toward passage of spending package in overnight vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.2-trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the…