LOS ANGELES — Democrats are strengthening their hold on California, a state the party has dominated for years, voter registration figures showed Thursday. Figures issued by Secretary of State Alex Padilla showed Democrats eclipse Republicans by nearly a 2-1 margin. Independents, those voters not affiliated with any party, also continue...
Biden, Harris to Make Unusual Campaign Debut in Virus Era
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden is making his first appearance with newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, betting that the California senator’s historic profile and confrontational style against President Donald Trump will boost Democrats’ efforts to oust the Republican president amid cascading national crises. The former primary rivals...
Election Challenge: Safe, Accurate Voting in Pandemic Era
Despite skeptics in high places — President Donald Trump, for example — of mailing a ballot to every active registered voter in California, local election officials are answering with their own message: All votes will be accurately counted, and rigorous safeguards are in place to prevent election fraud. In fact,...
‘See You in Court’: ACLU Files Nearly 400 Cases Versus Trump
NEW YORK — The day after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.” As president, Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from the witness stand, but the broader warning has been borne out....
Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters
Sometime within the next week or so, Joe Biden will make the most important decision of his political career. If he is elected president in November, it could have momentous — or disastrous — consequences for the United States: his choice of running mate. Should Biden be defeated, his pick...
Trump vs. Biden: Where They Stand on Health, Economy, More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, both promise sweeping progress over the next four years –- via starkly different paths. Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic cure-alls and frames himself as a conservative champion in seemingly endless culture wars....
2020 Election: Who’s Running for School Boards?
While the November ballot will have a major race on top of the ticket — president of the United States — there will be no races for city or county elected offices. The Fresno mayoral and council races were wrapped up in the March primary. Same with county supervisor races....
As Crime Surges on His Watch, Trump Warns of Biden's America
President Donald Trump is painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden’s America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November. Left unsaid: A recent surge in violent crime in several American cities has happened on his watch. “Irony...
Trump Floats November Election Delay, but It Won't Happen
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and confronted by fresh evidence of an economic collapse and an escalating public health crisis, on T202hursday suggested delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election as he pushed unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic will result in...
Can South LA Teach the US, or Fresno, for That Matter, How to Lead?
Can South Los Angeles teach America how to lead? That’s the promising question behind the news that Karen Bass is a top contender to be the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. Bass is best known as a consensus-building and uncommonly kind politician who has served South L.A. in the state Assembly and...