Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris poses for photographs with well-wishers at Los Angeles International Airport in June. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Vice President Kamala Harris maintains a commanding lead over former President Trump in California, but Trump’s gains among the state’s Latino voters highlight a troubling sign for Democrats at the national level, according … Read more

5 times when Donald Trump changed his stance on an issue President Trump has a record of saying outrageous, contradictory and untrue things. Fact-checkers have found thousands of falsehoods he has asserted about many issues, including the state of the economy, the threats posed by immigrants and his achievements as president. For example, he claimed … Read more

A man living on the streets displays what he claims to be fentanyl in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district in 2020. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters) Hello, and happy Thursday. There are 25 days until the election and today we interrupt our coverage of the national chaos for a bit of California chaos. By that, I mean … Read more

5 times when Kamala Harris changed her stance on an issue Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to define herself when she ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following … Read more

President Biden disembarks Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. (Rod Lamkey / Associated Press) President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday were holding their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how … Read more

L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón debates challenger Nathan Hochman on Tuesday. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón and former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman faced off in a contentious debate Tuesday evening that showcased the candidates’ dueling perspectives in the final weeks of a hard-fought campaign. The forum … Read more

Patients rest under a canopy after being evacuated from Ridgecrest Regional Hospital in Kern County after a 6.4 earthquake in 2019. (Los Angeles Times) More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that probably wouldn’t be able to operate after a major earthquake hit their region, and with many … Read more

Democratic state Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), the son of Korean immigrants, is running in the 47th Congressional District to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Katie Porter. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) The Huntington Beach Police Department arrested a suspect after multiple “Dave Min for Congress” signs were found vandalized Tuesday, including several … Read more

Former President Obama talks with Vice President Kamala Harris during an event about the Affordable Care Act in the White House in 2022. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) Sixteen years ago, the late journalist Gwen Ifill appeared on David Letterman’s “Late Show” and touted a group of emerging Black politicians, including a little-known district attorney … Read more

Kamala Harris, second from left, chats with the hosts of “The View,” including Ana Navarro, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin, during a commercial break on Tuesday in New York. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) The viewers of “The View” talk show and the listeners of Howard Stern’s satellite radio program couldn’t be more different: older … Read more