SAN DIEGO -- Surrounded by supporters Saturday morning, San Diego Council President Georgette Gomez kicked off her campaign for U.S. Congress, to replace retiring Rep. Susan Davis in 2020.

Davis, a 10-term incumbent, surprised many earlier this month when she announced plans to forgo a reelection bid for seat representing the 53rd Congressional...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California lawmakers, over Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections, passed sweeping legislation early Saturday allowing the state to impose strict endangered species protections and water pumping restrictions for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The governor must now decide whether to veto the bill and raise the ire of ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A controversy that once appeared comical -- President Donald Trump's decision to display a crudely doctored weather map in the Oval Office -- has taken on more serious overtones, with questions about how far the president will push U.S. government agencies to cover up for his errors.

Trump drew derision for refusing to acknowledge...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Trump administration's trip to Los Angeles this week to explore ways to remove homeless street camps has left city officials confused -- with reactions ranging from cautious optimism about new resources to fear about forced mass relocations to government-run facilities. Many also suspect the whole thing was just a political ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The sprawling Democratic primary field has been headed toward a three-person race, and despite strenuous efforts by the trailing candidates, Thursday's debate seems unlikely to have significantly changed that.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have pulled ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Rivals eager to dislodge Joe Biden from his front-runner's perch tried attacking him in last month's debate and going easy on him in Thursday's debate. Neither worked.

The night in Houston highlighted a puzzle that has vexed 2020 hopefuls -- how to knock Biden off his game. Frequent gaffes haven't hurt him. His 76 years haven't ...Read more

HOUSTON -- Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren tore into one another's plans and fended off attacks from rivals eager to join them at the head of the field of White House hopefuls during their first clash on the same stage.

The third Democratic debate at Texas Southern University in Houston on Thursday night marked a new phase for the crowded ...Read more

Presidential candidate Julian Castro faced a wave of criticism after he went after former Vice President Joe Biden during the Democratic debate Thursday night in Houston.

Answering a question about what some of the candidates were proposing for health care policy, Castro said Biden's plan would leave 10 million people uninsured by requiring ...Read more

Racism is a threat to the fabric of the country, Democratic presidential candidates suggested Thursday at a debate in Houston.

The discussion on race took a personal turn when former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, who is Latino, said the gunman who massacred 22 in El Paso, Texas, last month came to that city to kill "...Read more

HOUSTON -- Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren entered Thursday's debate as the clear-cut front-runners in the Democratic presidential primary.

But it was the comparative afterthoughts struggling at the bottom of most polls -- including Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker and Beto O'Rourke -- who made the biggest impressions in Houston.

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WASHINGTON -- California Sen. Kamala Harris' positions on several criminal justice issues has evolved since she was a district attorney in San Francisco and attorney general of California.

Moderator Linsey Davis was correct when she pointed out in Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate that Harris' new criminal justice proposal ...Read more

Still sitting there, battered and benumbed?

Take 10 presidential candidates, put them on a stage for nearly three hours and what you get is an onslaught of verbiage that taxed even the most stoic political devotee.

None of the two prior rounds, in June and July, did much to shake the fundamentals of the Democratic race, and it remains to be ...Read more

HOUSTON -- Entrepreneur Andrew Yang announced Thursday that he would give 10 families $1,000 a month for a year as a demonstration of the crux of his presidential campaign -- universal basic income.

"If you donate money to a presidential campaign, what happens? The politician spends the money on TV ads and consultants and you hope it works out,...Read more

BALTIMORE -- As House Republicans kicked off a 48-hour retreat here Thursday afternoon to plot their path back to the majority, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters the GOP's top priority if it retakes the chamber in 2020 would be to address the national debt.

"First thing we would do is make sure our debt is taken care of," the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Up to now, President Donald Trump's interest in the Los Angeles homelessness crisis has been more rhetoric than action, and it's unclear whether a visit by members of his administration this week -- or by Trump himself next Wednesday -- will lead to substantive new policies.

Indeed, the president's attacks on the city's ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz is warning that President Donald Trump making a deal with Democrats on gun legislation might cause conservative voters to stay home in 2020.

"If Republicans abandon the Second Amendment and demoralize millions of Americans who care deeply about Second Amendment rights," the Texas Republican said, "that could go a ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A lot has happened since the Democratic presidential candidates last clashed on the debate stage. Former Vice President Joe Biden has taken some blows. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's support has surged. Ten candidates who were on the stage back in July have either dropped out or been cut from the debate because of poor polling and ...Read more