TJ Cox was down by more than 4,000 votes as returns were counted the night of the Nov. 6 election. As it stands now, he will be elected to Congress in the 21st district by nearly 600 votes. That drastic turnaround in Cox’s and other California races is one of the...
How Trump’s Energy, Excesses Drove GOP’s Erratic Campaign
WASHINGTON — Paul Ryan had to know it was coming. The minute the House speaker shot down President Donald Trump's latest campaign-season gambit on immigration — an assertion that he could rewrite citizenship rights with the stroke of a pen — Ryan had to be braced for Trump's counterpunch. True...
House Speaker Ryan Uncovers Jewish Roots on PBS Show
BEVERLY HILLS — House Speaker Paul Ryan was surprised and proud to find out he has Jewish roots. The Wisconsin Republican discovered his family history while filming a segment for the upcoming season of the PBS series "Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr." Gates said Tuesday at a...
Fresno Imam Delivers House Invocation In Washington
Click here to view the full prayer. Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini of Fresno isn’t the first Muslim religious leader to deliver the invocation on the House of Representatives floor. But, he is the latest. “I thank you God for leading me to this great nation,” Ghazvini prayed after an introduction...
GOP Won't Force Quick House Vote on Dem Bill Axing ICE
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders won't hold a quick vote on a Democratic bill abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and instead will offer a non-binding GOP measure lauding the agency and ridiculing calls for its elimination. No. 3 House GOP leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and other Republicans had at first...
Conservative Website Rocks Nunes' World. It's Time for Him to Go, Says RedState Columnist.
Rep. Devin Nunes has stopped talking to some media outlets. He barely tolerates other news organization, answering their questions while branding them "left-wing" rags. Now it appears that the Tulare Republican might have to reserve some of his venom for unabashedly conservative media sites, too. A column appeared today on...
Valley Republicans Rake in Big Donations from Gun Rights Groups
Whether you are for it or against it, gun control is again leading the national conversation after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history killed 17 people Wednesday, Feb. 14. Those killed included 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The victims ranged in...
Valley Republicans Rake in Big Donations from Gun Rights Groups
Whether you are for it or against it, gun control is again leading the national conversation after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history killed 17 people Wednesday, Feb. 14. Those killed included 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The victims ranged in...
Costa & McClintock Buck Their Leaders on Ending Government Shutdown
The passage of a bill in Friday's early hours to end a brief federal government shutdown suggests how upside down American politics has become in the Trump era. "Unlike similar measures Congress has passed in recent years to lift sequestration spending caps and suspend the debt ceiling, this one drew...
Costa & McClintock Buck Their Leaders on Ending Government Shutdown
The passage of a bill in Friday's early hours to end a brief federal government shutdown suggests how upside down American politics has become in the Trump era. "Unlike similar measures Congress has passed in recent years to lift sequestration spending caps and suspend the debt ceiling, this one drew...