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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.
Joe Biden’s campaign commits to participating in three debates and says the Trump camp wants to “create a distracting ‘debate about debates.’”
President Trump expands restrictions on U.S. visas to target temporary workers from tech to seasonal construction, but includes broad carve-outs.
Nevada is the latest state to announce it is adopting California’s tougher tailpipe pollution standards, putting it at odds with Trump administration.
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.
Politics and the Pandemic
An Assembly staffer tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case in the state Capitol.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said hospitalizations jumped 16% in California over the last two weeks.
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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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“We’re seeing a resurgence,” a former FDA commissioner warns, as numbers rise sharply in Florida, Arizona, Texas. “These things can mount very quickly.”
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President Trump’s campaign says six staff members setting up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Okla., have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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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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As a City Hall corruption probe zeroes in on Councilman Jose Huizar, filings raise questions about whether Richelle Huizar could be called to testify.
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Some local officials and advocates have bristled at the income restrictions for the Great Plates Delivered program, arguing that too many people are being left behind.
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Newsom said state and local regulatory agencies could be called upon to “exercise a little bit of persuasion” to help enforce the coronavirus mask order.
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A federal appeals court rules that a California law, backed by the Screen Actors Guild, that prevented disclosure of actors’ ages is unconstitutional.
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Two former aides to L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar have agreed to settle their discrimination lawsuits against the city for a combined $200,000, their attorney said.
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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.
Ex-New York City mayor seeks foothold in digital operations of Biden campaign and Democratic Party.
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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 back 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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Teenagers, TikTok users and Korean pop music fans may have trolled the president of the United States
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John Bolton, an uber-hawk and neo-conservative for decades, made the mistake of thinking he could affect policy in the Trump White House. His score-settling book shows how ineffective he was.
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Powerful U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman fought removal from his post, where he was overseeing an investigation into Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
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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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A federal judge has ruled that former national security advisor John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book.
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The Justice Department said the U.S. attorney who oversaw prosecutions of President Trump’s allies left his job, but he insisted he had not resigned.
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When Donald Trump entered politics, some suggested his real ambition was to create a Trump News Network to compete with CNN and Fox. Now his reelection campaign has created an online channel with family members and friends as hosts and guests.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects a request to require everyone attending Trump’s rally in Tulsa to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing.
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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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Election officials and activists in four Georgia counties say thousands of mailed-in votes may not have been counted in the state’s primary.
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The public has shifted on topics as diverse as policing and changing the names of military bases. Whether the shift lasts will shape the 2020 election
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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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Trump’s best hope for reelection is dragging Biden down. That’s harder when many voters like the guy.
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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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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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Supreme Court says the government has the power to take back money collected in an illegal stock scheme.
