Politics

When an election ends, victorious candidates look forward to a new challenge, while losers quietly return to careers put on hold during campaigns. But for the political consultants who helped shape a race’s outcome, the job–and, more importantly, the salary–usually ends when the votes are counted, regardless of who won or lost. “For consultants, Election … Read more

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams Adams won office on a centrist platform, but his rhetoric has taken a noticeable rightward turn in the weeks since Trump’s election victory, particularly on immigration. (Yuki Iwamura / Associated Press) New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears open to switching parties to become a Republican, as he … Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, poses with President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday. (Aurelien Morissard / Associated Press) French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp and they held an impromptu meeting with … Read more

John McCain’s presidential campaign Tuesday accused the Los Angeles Times of “intentionally suppressing” a videotape it obtained of a 2003 banquet where then-state Sen. Barack Obama spoke of his friendship with Rashid Khalidi, a leading Palestinian scholar and activist. The Times first reported on the videotape in an April 2008 story about Obama’s ties with … Read more

Donald Trump has made opposition to multilateral trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership a staple of his case against Hillary Clinton. And he quickly took the conversation there Monday. He says she supported the former, which the U.S. entered into during her husband’s administration, and the latter, … Read more

Andrew Yang shakes the hand of a supporter after making his final pitch ahead of the Iowa Democratic caucuses, the first test for the crowded field of 2020 presidential hopefuls. (Tyrone Beason / Los Angeles Times) Just as Andrew Yang winds up to his closing pitch to an audience that’s packed a social hall in … Read more

24 days left to register to vote before the May 7 deadline. 53 days left until the June 5 primary election. Gender: Now that a woman stands in serious contention for the governorship of California, the buzz is all about gender and Dianne Feinstein and women in politics. Consider this one: Robert Shrum is the … Read more

Backers of Proposition 65, the anti-toxics initiative on the Nov. 4 ballot, say their purpose is to turn the current system for regulating hazardous chemicals upside down. The history of regulating toxic substances, they say, is a pathetic tale of paralysis by government and industry, largely because no one has had any incentive to move … Read more

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington in February. The junior senator is among the congressional Democrats fighting to close a Medicaid coverage gap that left millions of Americans without healthcare because several states refused to embrace Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Pres) For … Read more

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell celebrates with Noelle Hunter, center, at an election night party in Louisville, Ky. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Ask Mitch McConnell’s campaign what helped secure the Kentucky senator’s reelection, and they’ll give a surprising amount of credit to a two-time Obama voter. And no, not Alison Lundergan Grimes. It … Read more