LOS ANGELES — California officials are warning local election offices to be prepared for disruption at polling places and potential cases of voters being intimidated or blocked from casting ballots. In a memo to county election offices this week, the secretary of state's office issued a reminder that it is...
Trump Hails Virus Treatment, Says He’s Ready to Do Rallies
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is ready to hold campaign rallies and he credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from COVID-19, although there is no way for the president or his doctors to know whether the drug had any effect. “I’m feeling good....
Trump Vows Not to Participate in Virtual Debate With Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he would skip next week's debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden after organizers said it would be held virtually because of health concerns, further disrupting the president's efforts to shift focus away from a virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans this...
Pence-Harris Debate to Unfold as Trump Recovers From Virus
SALT LAKE CITY — Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are set to face off in a debate that will offer starkly different visions for a country confronting escalating crises. The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice...
How the Pandemic Reshaped California Politics in 2020
It’s not easy to get work done during a pandemic. Even for the fortunate who kept their pre-pandemic jobs, productivity has taken it on the chin in 2020. The same goes for those in the lawmaking business. In March, just days after the governor instructed all Californians to shelter in...
Trump Caravan Rolls Through Fresno; Ballots Arrive in Mailboxes
The buzz around Fresno on Saturday — hundreds of vehicles adorned with flags and banners supporting President Donald Trump parading down the streets of Fresno. After filling the Villagio Shopping Center on Blackstone and Nees avenues, the caravan traveled to Fresno City Hall. Supporters, waving Trump and American flags, gathered...
Trump, Moving to Show Strength, Aims for Monday Release
BETHESDA, Md. — President Donald Trump hoped for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, a day after he briefly ventured out while contagious to salute cheering supporters by motorcade — an outing that disregarded precautions meant to contain the virus that has...
This Is Not the Time to Propose More Tax Increases
This is a year most Californians would like to forget. Plans have been scrapped, the new “normal” is anything but normal, and we all know a coffee shop, deli, bar or restaurant that has closed permanently or may not survive the next six months. With 2.5 million Californians unemployed, many...
Walters: Proposition 19’s Tortuous Journey to the Ballot
Proposition 19 shares one characteristic with most of the other 11 measures on California’s ballot this year: It rekindles a political conflict from years past. However, Proposition 19 has meandered a particularly convoluted pathway to the ballot, which explains why it wound up with three distinct sections, to wit: —It would...
Longshot Against Devin Nunes? Arballo Will Take Those Chances
Phil Arballo may have at least one thing in common with Devin Nunes, the nine-term Republican he hopes to defeat for Congress — they've both experienced chanting protesters. For the last two years, demonstrators have targeted Nunes on several issues — from the congressman's close ties to President Donald Trump...