Column: Trump is a convicted felon, but that may not stand in his way
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No former president has ever…
Polls say a Trump conviction could cost him support. Are they right?
WASHINGTON — Polls have suggested for months that former President Trump could lose support among some Republicans if he is convicted of a crime. But if…
Arizona is a political testing ground for abortion rights
TEMPE, Ariz. — On a recent sunny morning, Riley Heesch stopped outside a coffee shop and signed her name to a petition aimed at putting…
Republican voter suppression is driven by more than partisanship
Of all the modern Supreme Court’s incredibly disappointing rulings, gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is near the top, second only to its catastrophic…
Alf Landon, Republicans’ Beloved Loser, Dies at 100
Death came Monday to Alfred M. (Alf) Landon, the plain-spoken Kansas Republican who lost the 1936 presidential election in an unprecedented landslide but won the…
Manhood 2024: Do Republicans own it?
Hello and happy Thursday. There are 165 days until the election, and the Democrats have a manhood problem — one a pill won’t fix. Before…
Trump’s resilience gives California GOP dreams of payback
BURLINGAME, Calif. — Former President Trump’s resilience in the 2024 presidential campaign is providing the California Republican Party, whose members gathered in the Bay Area this…
Noncitizen voting, illegal in federal elections, center of GOP message
NEW YORK — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over the topic. The other says it’s a dangerous distraction meant to…
Republicans in US House pass bill pushing Biden to send weapons to Israel | Israel War on Gaza News
The act is not expected to become law, but its passage shows the depth of the election-year divide in the US over Israel. The Republican-led…
Planned Parenthood plans to spend seven-figures in California races
Planned Parenthood of California plans to launch a multimillion-dollar campaign Tuesday to oust Republicans from several California congressional districts, the latest signal of how critical…
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…