Biden says opposing Ukraine funding plays into ‘Putin’s hands’
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday called for House Republicans to urgently bring a $95.3-billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote, warning…
GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its…
Half of Americans say California in decline, poll say
WASHINGTON — California’s national reputation as a place of dreams and prosperity is in jeopardy, battered by Republicans who dislike almost all aspects of the state…
California Senate candidates are asked if Biden, Trump are too old
SAN FRANCISCO — With millions of ballots already mailed out across the Golden State, the four leading candidates for the U.S. Senate in California spent their…
Democrats are emphasizing abortion to mobilize voters. Will it work in Orange County?
Each day, Summer Bailey saw the congressional campaign signs staked into the succulent greenery near the entrance to Balboa Island in the heart of Newport…
Senators push forward with Ukraine aid package
WASHINGTON — As a growing number of Republicans oppose U.S. aid to Ukraine, the Senate’s leaders are arguing in strong terms that the money is crucial…
GOP’s Lankford abandoned by party after negotiating border deal
WASHINGTON — Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a…
Republicans ‘shameful’ for blocking Ukraine aid, says Australia’s Tony Abbott – POLITICO
Senate Republicans this week blocked a $118 billion package which would have sent foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while also allocating more money…
Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal…
Opinion: A Republican senator got the border deal the GOP wanted. Watch while his party betrays him
How did we get to this place where so many legislators don’t legislate, where lawmakers won’t make law? Why come to Washington if not to…
Border security, Ukraine aid deal collapses despite Biden pleas
WASHINGTON — A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Biden…
House Speaker Johnson should be shamed by a Ukrainian’s example
I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war…
Republicans call to remove NYC’s Sanctuary City laws after an assault on cops
“We need to have the back of our police officers, we need to keep our city safe, and we need to deport individuals who are…
California Sen. Padilla splits with Biden on immigration deal
WASHINGTON — California Sen. Alex Padilla said the bipartisan $118-billion border and foreign aid bill supported by President Biden “misses the mark.” “It is critical that…
Why are Nevada Republicans voting twice this week?
Republicans in Nevada, unlike in most other states, get to vote twice in the presidential nominating process — in a primary and in caucuses. Here’s…
Senators reach deal on border policy bill. It faces uphill fight
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way…
This number explains why the Biden-Trump rematch is so tight
With inflation in check, Americans' confidence in the economy has slowly started to improve. Biden's reelection may depend on that. But Americans look back fondly…
Opinion: The border crisis isn’t Mayorkas’ fault. House Republicans should impeach themselves
If governing amid the chaos of migrants crossing the southern border is an impeachable offense (it’s not), then it’s members of Congress, mostly Republicans, who…
House Republicans take key vote toward impeaching Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — House Republicans were ready to take a key vote Tuesday toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas over what they call his “willful…
Opinion: Biden’s got a good-news deficit. What will turn it around?
If President Biden’s reelection hinged on the state of the economy, he’d be a good bet, or at least a better one. Instead, it’s voters’…