Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two on departure from Detroit on Wednesday. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris, who is registered to vote in California, said Wednesday that she still needs to take a look at Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure on California’s Nov. 5 … Read more

Former President Trump appears at a campaign rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella on Saturday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) Donald Trump’s cognitive decline has a soundtrack. It includes the Village People’s “YMCA.,” Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain,” and Elvis Presley’s “An American Trilogy.” Don’t try to find a theme among the musical numbers. There isn’t … Read more

The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo., Friday, July 27, 2018. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a climate-change rule adopted by the Biden administration that would force coal-fired power plants to cut their carbon pollution 90% by 2032 or shut down. … Read more

Wait, did Kamala Harris prosecute Michael Jackson? The intersection of politics and the celebrity world is always strange. And it’s not always in the form of celebrity endorsements. While disgraced former president Donald Trump has praised Diddy, Janet Jackson is leveling wild allegations against Kamala Harris. She’s claiming that Harris once prosecuted her late brother, … Read more

The famed “Portland, Oregon” sign is illuminated in the Old Town section of Portland, Ore., Jan. 27, 2015. (Don Ryan / Associated Press) A lot of political changes are coming to Portland, Ore. The open mayoral race in the state’s most populous city features 19 candidates — all vying to lead after years of growing … Read more

A surfer is seen at the Crissy Field as rainstorm hits San Francisco and Bay Area, California, United States on December 27, 2022. (Photo by Tayfun CoÅkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (Anadolu Agency / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split Wednesday on San Francisco’s dispute with the Environmental Protection … Read more

The Nebraska Supreme Court overruled an order by Republican Secretary of State Bob Evnen, shown in 2020, that could have kept people with felony records from voting in the upcoming election. (Nati Harnik / Associated Press) Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state … Read more

White House officials are seeking a way to use executive authority to close the so-called gun show loophole that allows thousands of people to buy firearms each year without a background check, but complicated legal issues have slowed the process. Almost three years ago, after the killing of 20 children and six adults at Sandy … Read more

(Los Angeles Times photo illustration; Photos by Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) As she runs the most truncated presidential campaign in modern American history, Vice President Kamala Harris has made lofty promises on issues that polls show voters care most about: the economy, abortion, gun policy and immigration. Since President Biden dropped out of … Read more

(Los Angeles Times photo illustration; Photos by Paul Sancya / Associated Press and Chris Seward / Associated Press) As he runs his third campaign as the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump has kept up a dizzying schedule of rallies, news conferences, public appearances and media interviews. His meandering public speeches have, in recent months, grown … Read more