Politics

There is “substantial evidence” that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton lied under oath in denying that she played a role in the 1993 White House travel office firings, independent counsel Robert W. Ray reported Thursday. But Ray, summing up his findings in the so-called Travelgate scandal for a panel of appeals court judges, said that … Read more

The Indonesian entrepreneur being investigated for allegedly working as Beijing’s political operative in the United States had formed lucrative business ties with China before gaining access to President Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), records and interviews show. For years Ted Sioeng, 51, has proclaimed his love and support for the People’s Republic of … Read more

California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to reporters outside the White House on Friday. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that Republican opposition to President Obama’s immigration actions “at best is troglodyte and at worst is un-Christian,” and asserted that the GOP has adopted a shameful stance that will backfire on … Read more

I took this photo of the Ivanpah solar project from the air in 2014. Most solar farms look nothing like this. (Sammy Roth / Los Angeles Times) Sometimes, government makes a bad bet. Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, … Read more

FILE – In this March 15, 2016 file photo, Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, listens to the testimony during a House subcommittee hearing in Nashville, Tenn. Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to Lynn’s re-election campaign after she used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory. That’s according to an … Read more

Democratic lawmakers unveiled a package of water bills Tuesday that would create a politically appointed council with power to push through projects dealing with the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the troubled hub of California’s waterworks. The legislation, which deals with issues including conservation, ecosystem restoration and water rights, aims to break the stalemate over state … Read more

1/27 Demonstrators protest Saturday in Washington, D.C. over the death of George Floyd.  (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) 2/27 Timia White of Washington, right, dances as she protests Saturday near the White House.  (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) 3/27 Demonstrators protest at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.  (Alex Brandon … Read more

The White House has succeeded in supplying the news media with a frame for understanding the Kerry campaign: It claims the Democratic candidate is — to use the dreaded word — a flip-flopper. Now that the flip-flop notion has stuck, any new position Kerry rolls out, any claim he makes — even any rebuttal he … Read more

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), left, confers with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) during a Senate confirmation hearing in November. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) California — the self-proclaimed liberal resistance to President Trump’s policies — has long had an outsize voice in the nation’s politics. But now, with the Republican back in the White House, … Read more

Jesse Jackson’s overwhelming victory in the recent Michigan Democratic primary may well have “blown the minds of party leaders,” as Dan Rather put it on the evening news. But it clearly didn’t do much for their understanding. Party professionals and political pundits continued to use words like “weird” and “wacky” to describe Jackson’s growing support. … Read more