WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, effectively putting the burden on President Donald Trump to decide the GOP's legislative response to the spate of mass shootings that included another deadly attack...
Democrats Top Republicans in Orange County Voter Rolls
SANTA ANA — There are now more registered Democrats than Republicans in the longtime conservative GOP stronghold of Orange County. Orange County's Registrar of Voters reported Wednesday there are 89 more Democrats than Republicans in the California county of 1.6 million registered voters. The parties each have about 547,000 registered...
4 Sue to Block California Tax Return Law Aimed at Trump
SACRAMENTO — Four California voters have sued to block a new state law aimed at forcing Republican President Donald Trump to release his income tax returns. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law last week that requires presidential candidates to file five years of their income tax returns with the California secretary...
Trump Administration, Democrats Make Progress on New NAFTA
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from "no way" to "maybe" on President Donald Trump's rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are making progress...
Suburban Women Recoil as Trump Dives Into Racial Politics
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Carol Evans approves of Donald Trump's immigration policy. She gives him credit for the strong economy. But the Republican from the affluent Milwaukee suburbs of Waukesha County, a GOP bedrock in the state, just can't commit to voting for the president next year like she did in...
Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving
This may come as surprise to the president, the national media and more than a few Californians, but there are plenty of Trump supporters in the “Resistance State.” And since the beginning of the year, they’ve been spending a lot of money to keep the president in the White House....
40 Years of Lies Stigmatizing 'Teenage Pregnancy' Are Enough
In 1960, one in 10 California women ages 15-19 gave birth. By 1975, just 5% did. What caused that phenomenal drop? Not abortion. The teen birth decline was well underway before California legalized abortion in 1967. Not sex education, which barely existed back then. Two factors explain why 1960s teenagers...
Trump Blasts 4 Congresswomen; Crowd Roars, 'Send Her Back!'
WASHINGTON — A few Republicans on Thursday criticized the chants of "send her back" by President Donald Trump's rally crowd after he assailed a young Democratic congresswoman who he's suggested should leave the U.S. But so far, no GOP lawmakers are directly taking on Trump, who did nothing to restrain...
Facing Censure, Trump Insists 'Not a Racist Bone in My Body'
WASHINGTON — Defiant in the face of widespread censure, President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that his tweets suggesting four Democratic congresswomen of color return to their countries "were NOT Racist," and he appealed to fellow Republicans to "not show weakness" and to resist a House resolution condemning his words. "I don't have...
Fact Check: Trump's Falsehoods on Electoral College, Border Wall
WASHINGTON — An eye toward his 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump is turning to a familiar playbook of exaggerated boasts about economic performance and overdrawn complaints about a race tilted against him. He insisted the Electoral College gives Democrats a "big advantage" in U.S. presidential elections, making it difficult for...