Politics

Gov. Pete Wilson on Saturday castigated the Legislature’s Democratic leaders for opposing his budget-balancing plan without offering an alternative of their own, and renewed his call for an initiative that would cut welfare benefits. Speaking before the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn., named after the author of California’s Proposition 13, the governor also said he would … Read more

Presidential candidate Bill Clinton has rewarded the financial elite of Arkansas with lucrative state business and low-interest loans while soliciting them–in one instance urgently and personally–for millions of dollars in political contributions and campaign loans, The Times has found. He has done it through the Arkansas Development Finance Authority. As governor, Clinton established it to … Read more

For weeks, Monica M. Goodling fended off House investigators, pleading the 5th Amendment, refusing to testify or surrender requested documents. On Wednesday, having wrangled her into their hearing room with a subpoena and a grant of immunity, Democrats were loaded for bear. Here was their chance to confront the mystery woman in the Justice Department’s … Read more

Early voting ended Friday in Nevada, and election officials reported that the record numbers of early and absentee ballots should add up to half of the 800,000 people expected to vote by the time polls close Tuesday night. By Friday evening, more than 380,000 Nevadans had cast early or absentee ballots in Clark, Washoe, Carson … Read more

Supporters of Donald Trump celebrate at the convention center in West Palm Beach, Fla., as Fox News declares him the projected presidential election winner in the early hours of Nov. 6. (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images) In his victory speech on Nov. 6, President-elect Donald Trump claimed Americans had given him an “unprecedented and powerful … Read more

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders appears with union workers in Lansing, Mich., to object to Hillary Clinton’s trade policies. (Scott Olson / Getty Images) With a victory in Tuesday’s Michigan presidential primary critical to his campaign, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has seized on an issue on which he and Hillary Clinton have sharp disagreements … Read more

Here is the prepared text of President Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday night: Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the United States Congress. I come to this house of the people to speak to you and all Americans, certain that we stand at a defining hour. Halfway around the world, we are engaged … Read more

Candace Owens speaking at the 2019 Convention of the Right in Paris. (Michel Euler / Associated Press) The conservative U.S. political commentator Candace Owens was refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said Thursday. News of the ruling came weeks after … Read more

Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — In 1988, well-heeled gay activists went to Michael Dukakis’ presidential campaign with an offer to raise $1 million for his election effort. The campaign said no, according to the activists. “They turned us down flat because it was gay money,” said longtime gay rights advocate David Mixner. Less than a quarter-century … Read more

During a training session, Border Patrol specialist Mitchell Holmes, right, and Fish and Wildlife Regional Law Enforcement agent Kevin Shinn use skills they learned in the Border Patrol Chaplaincy academy. (Marta Lavandier / Associated Press) As immigration remains a hotly contested priority for the Trump administration after playing a decisive role in the deeply polarized … Read more