President Biden speaks at the daily briefing at the White House on Friday. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) President Biden had terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, and said he didn’t know whether the Israeli leader was holding up a peace deal in order to influence the outcome of the U.S. presidential … Read more
Former President Obama, shown last month speaking during ceremonies hosted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will campaign with Vice President Kamala Harris in swing states. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Associated Press) Former President Obama is planning to hit key swing states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the White House, … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, arrives at a campaign event with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) at Ripon College in Ripon, Wis. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party this week as the pair delivered a … Read more
A ballot is dropped off on Election Day at the Registrar of Voters office in Norwalk in March. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press) A solid majority of likely California voters support Proposition 36, the November ballot measure that would impose stricter penalties for retail theft and crimes involving fentanyl, according to a new UC … Read more
Franky Carrillo, pictured at a voting center, said he was not aware of his fossil fuel and tobacco stocks because financial advisors control his investments. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Like many Democrats seeking support from progressive voters, Franky Carrillo — who is running for a Los Angeles seat in the state Assembly — … Read more
California firefighting aircraft stymied by U.S. Forest Service policy, local chiefs say An aerial firefighting task force has been thwarted — and sometimes grounded — by a new interpretation of a U.S. Forest Service policy that prohibits contractors from providing flight supervision over federal lands, according to Southern California fire chiefs. “I don’t understand why … Read more
Insurrectionists loyal to President Trump try to breach a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press) Donald Trump “laid the groundwork for his crimes” well before election day in 2020. He said “the details don’t matter” when told his election fraud claims would fail in court. … Read more
Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial last year in Grand Junction. (Scott Crabtree / Associated Press) A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about … Read more
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) is locked in a competitive reelection fight for his seat representing a Hudson Valley district. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where … Read more
Way down the Eastern Seaboard from where the Democrats are meeting, the state that broke their collective hearts last time is preparing for another presidential election. In Palm Beach County, Elections Supervisor Theresa A. LePore, the woman who designed the “butterfly” ballot that helped trigger a constitutional crisis in 2000, isn’t worried this time around. … Read more
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