Two charged after alleged unauthorized access to 2020 voter data
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s attorney general announced charges Wednesday against a former township clerk and a lawyer who had supported attempts to overturn the results of…
How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 Biden-Trump election
Much of the country has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but Ruth and Mohammed Nasrullah keep a vigil from their Houston home, posting thousands…
Poll: Most young adults, renters considering leaving L.A.
A majority of Los Angeles voters are considering abandoning the city because housing is too expensive, according to a new poll. The finding follows years…
California Supreme Court to rule on high-stakes fight over taxes
The battle between business and labor is headed for a high-stakes showdown at the California Supreme Court this week over a ballot measure that would…
Opinion: Is the Los Angeles City Council serious about ethics reform?
Los Angeles city government has a corruption problem. Since 2020, three L.A. council members and a former deputy mayor were found guilty of or pleaded…
Column: Trump warns political violence may follow if he loses election
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has put America on notice: If he loses the presidential election, he reserves the right to encourage his followers to fight. When…
Opinion: Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad second term
Millions of us are justifiably focused on seeing that Donald Trump is held to account for what he’s allegedly done in the past. Scheming to…
Controversial recount breaks tie in Silicon Valley congressional race
After more than two weeks of recounting and several contested ballots, the verdict in California’s 16th Congressional District is in. Democratic Assemblymember Evan Low has…
Will AI deepfakes and robocalls upset the 2024 election?
In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a…
Column: Biden’s big campaign promises come with a warning label
WASHINGTON — For two weeks, former President Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to conceal payments to…
In Orange County, election skepticism could sway key Congress races
Alex Lopez doesn’t contest that Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His concern lies with how those results came to be. “By the numbers?…
Calmes: Who’s on trial in Manhattan, an ex-president or a mob boss?
Donald Trump has fussed about many things during his criminal trial in Manhattan: the judge, prosecutors, their relatives, witnesses, jurors and of course the media,…
Trump’s bad week shows his new reality
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump’s tough week showed as well as any to date why he is facing a new and unprecedented reality as a presidential…
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…
Column: Trump hush-money criminal trial may cure ‘Trump amnesia’
WASHINGTON — Before Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president.…
Calexico recalls first transgender mayor and a council ally
Voters in Calexico have resoundingly ousted the first out transgender member of the City Council and her council ally after a bitter recall campaign rife…
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…
Voters not sold on Kamala Harris despite her rising profile with abortion
PHOENIX — When a group of crossover voters was asked during a focus group about Vice President Kamala Harris, their assessments were brutal: If she is…
California sues Huntington Beach over voter ID law
California has sued Huntington Beach, alleging that the city’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification is a violation of state law. The 320-page…
Could Trump become president after being convicted of a crime?
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump made history last year as the first of the nation’s chief executives to be indicted for a crime. This week, he…