Politics

Democrat Barbara Boxer, one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, is treading a centrist path as the issue of gay marriage roils the race to select a Republican to challenge her in November. With a procession of gay weddings continuing at San Francisco City Hall — to the outcries of her GOP … Read more

Kamala Harris talks with John Modlin, the chief patrol agent for the Tucson sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, right, and Blaine Bennett, the border patrol agent in charge of the Douglas station, on Friday. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) Amid relentless criticism from former President Trump that she is responsible for out-of-control illegal immigration, … Read more

Atty Gen. Merrick Garland, flanked by Matt Graves, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, left, and Ronald Davis, director of the U.S. Marshals Service, announces criminal charges against Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives … Read more

In the first major policy address of his unofficial presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore on Sunday unveiled a sweeping agenda for education reform that he argued would bring “revolutionary change to America’s schools.” In a commencement address at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa–the state that hosts the first major contest in next year’s presidential … Read more

Former President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower in New York on Friday. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Associated Press) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday days after the former president and current Republican nominee condemned U.S. support for Ukraine‘s defense against Russia’s invasion. “We both want … Read more

President Bush came under criticism from a senior Senate Democrat on Thursday after a newspaper report that the U.S. government and a representative of Bush’s reelection campaign helped draft Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s speech to Congress last week. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said in a letter to Bush that the report … Read more

WHEN THE Supreme Court decided seven weeks ago in Kelo vs. New London to loosen constitutional restraints on local governments taking your house and selling it to Wal-Mart, it triggered a wave of public revulsion from New England to South Los Angeles. Ninety-three percent of Granite State residents in a University of New Hampshire poll … Read more

Speaking from Guatemala’s capital with its president at her side, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a stark message Monday to would-be migrants from Central America, saying they “will be turned back” if they attempt to cross the U.S. border illegally. Harris, on her first foreign trip as vice president, also gently chided her host, Guatemalan … Read more

John B. Connally, the embodiment of the larger-than-life Texas politician who first came to national prominence 30 years ago when he was wounded during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday. He was 76. He was admitted to Houston’s Methodist Hospital on May 17, complaining of a breathing obstruction. His condition was complicated … Read more

State Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), left, discusses her proposed bill calling on more transparency for youth treatment facilities as hotel heiress and media personalty Paris Hilton, center, listens during a news conference in Sacramento in April. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) One of California’s most conservative Republican lawmakers has scored an unusual win for the … Read more