Iowa’s Republican caucuses tonight will show the strength of Trump’s grip on the GOP
Des Moines — Barring an immense polling error, former President Trump will win Monday night’s Iowa caucuses. But the results will offer clues about whether Trump…
Column: Biden wants his team to look competent. Austin made it look chaotic
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s belated disclosure that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III was hospitalized twice without informing President Biden touched off a controversy that isn’t…
Small state Iowa has outsize role in picking the president
ANKENY, Iowa — In sub-zero temperatures, Iowans will gather Monday in churches, high school gyms and community centers to select the GOP presidential candidate they want…
Column: Iowa caucuses’ odd history of political spectacle
When Iowa’s brave and hardy Republicans venture Monday night into the arctic cold to cast the first presidential ballots of 2024, Richard Bender will be…
Senate candidate Steve Garvey wants voters to remember his baseball days
SAN DIEGO — In the shadow of Petco Park, Steve Garvey was greeted as a Padres hero who played alongside baseball legend Tony Gwynn and helped…
Independence-leaning candidate wins Taiwan election
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s ruling party clinched a third presidential term in Saturday’s election, in a historic win that portends the continuation of a tense cross-strait…
Newsom suggests ways to crack down on property crime without dismantling Proposition 47
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom said he can relate to business owners and other residents angered by smash-and-grab thefts from California stores. One of the wine…
Poll: Californians take different views of Israel-Hamas war
Three months of war between Israel and Hamas have sharply split Californians, with stark divisions between the state’s older and younger voters, a new statewide…
‘More liberal than Gavin Newsom’: Haley and DeSantis clash in first one-on-one debate
DES MOINES — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called each other liars and attacked each other’s leadership abilities Wednesday in their…
New Hampshire attorney general’s office warns DNC over ‘voter suppression’ after party lambasted primary
The original letter from the DNC committee to New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley, obtained first by POLITICO, accused state Democrats of disenfranchising voters…
Column: Third-party candidates could (actually) swing the election — putting Biden in real danger of losing
WASHINGTON — This year’s presidential election campaign is likely to be remembered as a year in which voters pondered a rematch no one really wanted. President…
Supreme Court agrees to rule on whether Trump can run
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide on a fast-track basis whether former President Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot…
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to keep him on the ballot in Colorado
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to quickly reverse a Colorado state court decision that would keep him off…
The key swing voting bloc in Orange County isn’t white suburbanites, it’s middle class Latinos and Asians
Robert Baca’s political compass has always pointed toward the Republican Party, but lately he hasn’t felt as at home in the GOP. Though he voted…
Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races
CHICAGO — The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress, but another series of races is shaping…
Column: Why I failed to write less about Trump in 2023
WASHINGTON — My New Year’s resolution 12 months ago was to write fewer columns about Donald Trump. That well-intended goal met the same end as most…