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Vance, a diplomatic novice, has found himself leading a negotiation rife with political risk that has stymied seasoned diplomats ahead of an anticipated run for president.
California Democrats caught a huge break with Eric Swalwell’s sexual assault scandal.
In 2018, former Rep. Jackie Speier helped revamp congressional rules around sexual misconduct. Now, she says she didn’t go far enough.
Swalwell needs to drop out of the governor’s race and resign from Congress.
A day after Trump hailed the two-week ceasefire, reversing course on his threat to escalate, the only country spared from attack appeared to be Iran itself.
President Trump announced worldwide tariffs a year ago. He later lost at the Supreme Court, prompting the administration to look for ways to bypass the high court.
We should consider returning to a primary system that produces party nominees — one Democrat and one Republican — to give voters a more varied selection in November.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican running for governor, recently seized ballots from last year’s Proposition 50 election, citing vote fraud claims.
President Trump claims Gov.
Cesar Chavez, the iconic labor leader, is accused of sexually assaulting Dolores Huerta, with whom he co-founded the United Farm Workers, in the 1960s.
Two high-outrage cases of possible parole for sex offenders have put California’s elderly parole program under scrutiny. No one wants a child rapist on the streets, but the issue is more complicated than one case.
Corporate pork companies that run mega-farms where sows are often confined to tiny cages are going after a California law that bans sale of their meat in the Golden State.
Your California Politics team
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I have covered government and politics for 60 years and for The Times since 1974.
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I am the Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times.
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I have more than two decades of experience covering California as editor, writer and columnist.