Politics

Millions could lose internet access in California if this program expires Four years ago, Claudia Aleman and her family had only one way to get online — through their cellphones. Without internet service on a computer, her youngest daughter couldn’t get homework assignments in on time, her parents couldn’t keep up with online doctor visits, … Read more

President Trump takes questions during a White House briefing about the coronavirus crisis. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Confronted with criticism about the lagging federal response to the coronavirus crisis, President Trump often boasts about his Jan. 31 decision to restrict travel from China, where the outbreak began, claiming he saved thousands of American lives. … Read more

WASHINGTON — As dean of Yale Law School, Harold Hongju Koh was among the fiercest critics of President George W. Bush’s “war on terror,” arguing that his administration had trampled the Constitution and tarnished America’s international standing by claiming the power to capture “enemy combatants” abroad and hold them without charges at the prison in … Read more

Utah’s Mia Love was tabbed as a rising star in the GOP when she became the first black Republican woman in Congress with her 2014 victory. But on Tuesday she became the latest Republican incumbent to fall in the midterm election’s Democratic wave that has seen more than three dozen Republican-held seats flipped across the … Read more

A woman who has sued William Kennedy Smith said Thursday that the member of the prominent political family sexually assaulted her five years ago. “Today I am putting William Kennedy Smith on notice. You will not victimize another woman and be able to keep it silent if I can help it,” Audra Soulias, 28, said … Read more

Border Patrol agents and members of the military stand inside a gate in one of two border walls separating Mexico from the United States during a news conference on joint operations involving the military and the Border Patrol on Friday in San Diego. (Gregory Bull / Associated Press) Nelson and Gladys Gonzalez lived in the … Read more

Rep. Darrell Issa, center, at a meeting with President Trump in January about fire recovery in Pacific Palisades. (Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press) As court orders against his administration mount, President Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days, railing against their authority and calling for their impeachment. In particular, the president seems … Read more

Here’s the kind of help that Cold War doughboy Patrick J. Buchanan probably could do without just now: “Comrade and brother-in-arms! . . . Your slogans are close and understandable to us,” said fellow presidential candidate Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky, Russia’s bellicose ultranationalist leader. “You say the [U.S.] Congress is ‘Israeli-occupied territory.’ We have the same … Read more

Stung by criticism that the Senate mishandled the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, members of the Senate Ethics Committee decided Thursday that they no longer want to drop charges of ethical misconduct against Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.). The committee’s dramatic reversal increases the likelihood that the panel will vote soon to recommend some … Read more

Though his wide grin belied a furious temper, Kevin Shelley — son of a congressman and protege of a political legend — had been the darling of San Francisco Democrats until his future swerved out of control. In a year, accolades that Shelley earned for smoothly steering the first election to recall a California governor … Read more