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President Obama was the featured guest at Joe Biden’s most lucrative fundraising event so far.
President Trump’s visit to a refurbished section of border wall in Yuma highlighted his difficulty finding achievements he can run on in November.
The Los Angeles congresswoman and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus is being vetted as a potential running mate for Biden.
A federal prosecutor said in prepared testimony that he faced extreme pressure from Justice Department officials to go easy on Roger Stone, a Trump confidant.
As Trump seeks a return to normal, his administration has considered rolling back emergency declarations that are key to states’ coronavirus responses.
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Politics and the Pandemic
Dr. Anthony Fauci said no member of the Coronavirus Task Force was told to ‘slow down’ testing, contradicting President Trump’s Saturday claim.
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Voters rebuffed President Trump and nominated two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and Kentucky on Tuesday.
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An Assembly staffer tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case in the state Capitol.
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COVID-19 has led to a push for vote by mail, but advocates face logistical and legal hurdles — and “rigged election” claims from President Trump.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said hospitalizations jumped 16% in California over the last two weeks.
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By a 5-0 vote Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisor adopted a resolution “affirming that racism [is] a public health crisis.”
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Nearly 50,000 low-income families in Los Angeles could receive rent relief under a new program approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
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Many of the allegations against Jose Huizar laid out by prosecutors have been described in previous court filings. But there are some new allegations.
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Two years after the Supreme Court opened the door for sports betting, California remains stalemated over the issue.
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L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar was arrested Tuesday in a federal investigation into corruption at City Hall.
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has been criticized by an array of groups over his handling of the recent protests, with pushback unseen during his seven years leading the city.
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Trump fueled his political career with an unfounded ‘birther’ theory and now pushes ‘Obamagate’ and ‘treason.’ Here are some of his falsehoods on Obama.
Trump’s best hope for reelection is dragging Biden down. That’s harder when many voters like the guy.
Priorities USA, a super PAC backing Joe Biden, has raised $40 million in less than two months, further whittling President Trump’s cash advantage.
Biden leads Trump in many key states, but Democrats worry about the durability of an edge based on Trump’s self-destructiveness rather than enthusiasm for Biden himself.
Joe Biden’s ad campaign comes as most voters disapprove of President Trump’s response to both the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests.
Facebook took down Trump campaign ads for using a red triangle symbol once used for political prisoners.
A spate of polls in recent weeks show Joe Biden building a substantial lead in his race against President Trump.
Only a handful of GOP elected officials have publicly criticized Trump. Others fear bringing down the wrath of the president or his supporters.
Cash from donors big and small is gushing into Biden’s campaign, driven by concern over Trump and growing confidence in the Democrat’s operation.
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The nonpartisan commission that sponsors presidential debates says a debate that was to be held in Michigan will now take place in Florida.
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In a letter, Democrats call the Senate GOP policing reform bill “woefully inadequate” and indicate they will block its consideration.
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Joe Biden’s campaign commits to participating in three debates and says the Trump camp wants to “create a distracting ‘debate about debates.’”
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President Trump expands restrictions on U.S. visas to target temporary workers from tech to seasonal construction, but includes broad carve-outs.
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Nevada is the latest state to announce it is adopting California’s tougher tailpipe pollution standards, putting it at odds with Trump administration.
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2020 Democratic primaries: A Senate race in Kentucky and congressional race in N.Y. are in play as Black candidates tap the progressive movement’s desire for change.
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The California budget deal between Newsom and legislative leaders largely leaves K-12 school funding at levels needed to maintain current operations.
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The D.C. mayor is raising a national profile as a leader of racial-justice protests, but is it enough to satisfy her more progressive constituents at home?
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Supreme Court says the government has the power to take back money collected in an illegal stock scheme.
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Much has been written about the high stakes involved in this year’s census and rightly so: The once-a-decade national population tally is a key building block for drawing political maps and for fairly allocating billions of dollars in federal aid.
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Once a fierce political force in California’s Capitol and among local officials, police unions are finding that old allies no longer want their backing.
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Teenagers, TikTok users and Korean pop music fans may have trolled the president of the United States
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There were empty seats throughout the upper decks of Tulsa’s downtown arena when Trump took the stage, a sharp blow to a president who is counting on faithful audiences to buoy his sagging reelection chances.
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Twitter has posted another label on a tweet by President Trump, this time warning that a video he shared was manipulated.
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Trump often touts his two Supreme Court nominees as a reason conservatives should vote for him. But the justices know they’ll be there after he’s gone.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is dropping out of contention to be Democrat Joe Biden’s running mate and is urging him to select a woman of color instead.
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A network of deep-pocketed progressive donors is launching a $59-million effort to increase the number of people of color who vote by mail.
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Health experts are questioning President Trump’s decision to rally his supporters at a large indoor arena in Oklahoma amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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President Trump’s visit to a refurbished section of border wall in Yuma highlighted his difficulty finding achievements he can run on in November.
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A federal prosecutor said in prepared testimony that he faced extreme pressure from Justice Department officials to go easy on Roger Stone, a Trump confidant.
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The Los Angeles congresswoman and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus is being vetted as a potential running mate for Biden.
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As Trump seeks a return to normal, his administration has considered rolling back emergency declarations that are key to states’ coronavirus responses.
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President Trump expands restrictions on U.S. visas to target temporary workers from tech to seasonal construction, but includes broad carve-outs.
