George W. Bush Archives

Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump

July 2, 2020

WASHINGTON — A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in support of Biden over P...

Walters: The Pardon Power, for Good or Ill

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 27, 2020

The power of presidents and governors to overrule judges and juries by pardoning convicted felons or commuting their sentences is a vestige of ancient monarchial authority. As one history of the pardon power...

Cokie Roberts, Longtime Political Journalist, Dies at 75

AP News

September 17, 2019

NEW YORK — Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from breast ca...

McCain Praised by Past Presidents, World Leaders

AP News

August 26, 2018

WASHINGTON — Presidents past and present joined members of Congress from both parties and world leaders in mourning Sen. John McCain and praising him for a lifetime of service and accomplishments. President Donald Trump, who once criticized fellow Republica...

Zakaria: Comey’s Book Is About More Than Trump

Randy Reed

April 23, 2018

The best-selling memoir by fired FBI Director James Comey covers a lot of ground that has already been widely explored in the media. But Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria, in his April 19 piece, point...

Want to Shed Jobs & Hurt Consumers? Impose Tariffs.

The Conversation

March 12, 2018

On March 8, the president slapped a 25 percent tariff on the metal, while also putting a 10 percent duty on foreign aluminum. After initially suggesting there’d be no exceptions, Trump promised to be “very flex...

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Making Care More Welcoming to LGBTQ by Training Clinicians, Doctors

String Musicians Lose Their Home to Creek Fire, Leaving Them Bowed but Unbroken

Fresno Unified Will Seek OK To Reopen K-6 Schools to Students

Nail Salons Say Newsom Has Forgotten Them as All Other States Allow Reopening

Youth Suicide Attempts Up in Fresno County in Recent Days, Health Expert Warns.

Fresno Asks Governor to Let Restaurants Open Indoors

Board of Barbering & Cosmetology President Publicly Blasts Newsom and CDPH for Keeping Her in the ‘Dark’

Regis Philbin, Television Personality and Host, Dies at 88

Raiders Ready for Big Opening Act on Las Vegas Strip

Raiders Set for Las Vegas Debut vs. Saints in Empty Stadium

Big Ten Changes Course, Will Play Fall Football After All

Walters: Blackouts Reveal Our Power Shortage

Walters: Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Bite the Dust Again

Don’t Believe Prop. 15 Backers. It’s a Big Tax Hike for Farmers.

Walters: Supreme Court Makes Local Tax Hikes Easier

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Trump Lashes Biden, Defies Pandemic on White House Stage

Post Office Won’t Forward Ballots. Will Thousands Displaced by Creek Fire Still be Able to Vote?

Trump and Biden Hit Unlikely Battleground State of Minnesota

Trump Ad Asks People to Support the Troops. But It Uses a Picture of Russian Jets.