Capitol Police officer and a Jan. 6 rioter — both running for Congress
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make…
Opinion: U.S. elections have integrity. One party’s politicians do not
Here they go again. Six months before election day, for the third straight presidential contest, Donald Trump and his Republican lickspittles are sounding alarms about…
House quickly rejects Greene’s effort to remove Johnson as speaker
WASHINGTON — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly…
Senate Rejects Bork, 58-42 : Six Republicans Bolt Party Ranks to Oppose Judge
WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected President Reagan’s nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court by a 58-42 vote today, ending a long and contentious…
New California House members try something unusual: Making friends
WASHINGTON — Over homemade tacos at a Capitol Hill row home, several of California’s members of Congress did something unusual last year: they gathered for a…
Kristen Clarke confirmed to head DOJ Civil Rights Division
WASHINGTON — Kristen Clarke, a longtime civil rights lawyer, was confirmed Tuesday by the Senate to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, making her the…
Watch your step, Democrats. O.C.’s purple shine hides a red underbelly
In 2016, my beloved homeland of Orange County shocked political observers by favoring Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, the first time we went with a…
RFK Jr. could be a spoiler in the November election
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was once viewed as a quixotic quest by a scion of a storied political family — an environmental warrior…
Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over Gaza
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over…
Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion law
The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban, sending a measure to the Democratic governor that would end weeks of turmoil…
Six California House races that could determine control of Congress
Democrat Adam Gray, left, is challenging Rep. John Duarte (R-Modesto) to represent California’s 13th Congressional District. (Associated Press) In a heavily agricultural San Joaquin Valley…
Opinion: Speaker Mike Johnson sings ‘Kumbaya’ with the Democrats
No one could have predicted that the worst Congress in memory would morph into the Kumbaya Congress. Or that Mike Johnson, the accidental House speaker…
Arizona charges Meadows, Giuliani, 16 more in 2020 election fraud case
PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted Mark Meadows, who served as former President Trump’s chief of staff, and former Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani,…
Arizona House votes to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban
PHOENIX — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle two weeks after a…
Biden signs $95-billion military aid measure that includes path to ban TikTok
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed into law a $95-billion military aid measure Wednesday that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and has a provision that…
Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in big bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed a package of $95 billion in military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and humanitarian assistance for Gaza, sending the…
Proof that Republicans can still do what’s rational and right
There’s no record of Edmund Burke — the great Irish-born British statesman and father of modern conservatism — actually saying what is often attributed to…
Opinion: Hapless House Republicans weaponized impeachment. It backfired
Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but the hapless House Republicans have finally achieved something big: an end to tit-for-tat impeachments. Of course,…
The House on brink of approving aid for Ukraine and Israel
WASHINGTON — The House is working through a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats…
Biden’s new Title IX rules do not address transgender athletes
The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday…