WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress. With no…
Read more Supreme Court, with no dissents, rejects GOP challenge to California’s new election mapRob Reiner was known to millions as a TV actor and film director. But the Brentwood resident, known for the classic films “Stand by Me” and “When Harry…
Read more Rob Reiner used his fame to advocate for progressive causes. ‘Just a really special man. A terrible day’Gov. Gavin Newsom strode onstage in Houston on Saturday to a cheering crowd of Texas Democrats, saying Proposition 50’s victory in California on election day was a win…
Read more Newsom appears onstage at Texas rally to celebrate Prop. 50 victory, take swipes at TrumpRepublican infighting crescendoed in the aftermath of California voters overwhelmingly approving a Democratic-friendly redistricting plan this week that may undercut the GOP’s control of Congress and derail President…
Read more Republicans, including ‘cowardly’ Schwarzenegger, take heat for lopsided loss on Prop. 50SAN FRANCISCO — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a trailblazing San Francisco Democrat who leveraged decades of power in the U.S. House to become one of the most influential political leaders of…
Read more Rep. Nancy Pelosi, trailblazing Democratic leader from San Francisco, won’t seek reelectionProposition 50’s big win Tuesday night is a political earthquake that is being felt nationally. Here are four takeaways: 1. Trump toxicity in California. Prop. 50 supporters tried…
Read more 4 takeaways after Proposition 50’s big win in CaliforniaOne of the great conceits of California is its place on the cutting edge — of fashion, culture, technology, politics and other facets of the ways we live…
Read more Commentary: Proposition 50 is a short-term victory against Trump. But at what cost?As California voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot on a measure that could block President Trump’s national agenda, state officials ridiculed his unsubstantiated claims…
Read more California officials push back on Trump claim that Prop. 50 vote is a ‘GIANT SCAM’California Democrats’ effort to block President Trump’s agenda by increasing their party’s numbers in Congress was overwhelmingly approved by voters on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the victory…
Read more California voters pass anti-Trump, pro-Democrat ballot measureIf the ads are any indication, Proposition 50 offers Californians a stark choice: “Stick it to Trump” or “throw away the constitution” in a Democratic power grab. And…
Read more Both sides say democracy is at stake with Prop. 50 — but for very different reasonsWhen it comes to Proposition 50, Marcia Owens is a bit fuzzy on the details. She knows, vaguely, it has something to do with how California draws the…
Read more Commentary: Payback? Power grab? Proposition 50 is California’s political ink-blot testGov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and a slew of other national and California Democrats on Saturday rallied supporters to stay fired up in seeking passage…
Read more Gov. Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris rally Californians to vote on Prop. 50Is President Trump going to restart nuclear weapons testing? When will this federal shutdown end? Will Californians pass Proposition 50, scramble the state’s congressional maps and shake up…
Read more News Analysis: Prop. 50 is just one part of a historically uncertain moment for American democracyA Nov. 4 statewide ballot measure pushed by California Democrats to help the party’s efforts to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives and stifle President Trump’s…
Read more Voters in poll side with Newsom, Democrats on Prop. 50 — a potential blow to Trump and GOPSupporters of Proposition 50, California Democrats’ ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional districts to help the party’s effort to take power in the U.S. House of Representatives,…
Read more Proponents of Nov. 4 redistricting ballot measure vastly outraise opponentsPresident Trump urged California voters on Sunday not to cast mail-in ballots or vote early in the California election about redistricting — the direct opposite of the message…
Read more Trump, contradicting the California GOP, opposes early and mail-in voting in Prop. 50 electionWith the fate of President’s Trump’s right-wing agenda at stake, the California ballot measure crafted to tilt Congress to Democratic control has turned into a fight among millionaires…
Read more Unions opposing Trump agenda pouring money into Proposition 50 campaignSTOCKTON — Four of California’s gubernatorial candidates tangled over climate change and wildfire preparedness at an economic forum Thursday in Stockton, though they all acknowledged the stark problems facing the…
Read more Climate change and wildfires divide California gubernatorial candidates at forumEarly voter turnout is exceeding expectations in California’s Nov. 4 special election over redrawing the state’s congressional districts, a Democratic-led effort to counter Republican attempts to keep Congress…
Read more Voter turnout exceeds expectations in California’s Prop. 50 special electionAs Californians start voting on Democrats’ effort to boost their ranks in Congress, former President Barack Obama warned that democracy is in peril as he urged voters to…
Read more ‘Democracy is on the ballot,’ Obama says, urging Californians to pass Prop. 50 in new ad