In their first general election debate Monday evening, U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, and former state Sen. Richard Pan offered competing explanations for the problems facing voters in California’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District. Kiley pointed to Sacramento, while Pan pointed to Washington.

Their records in office became central ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was urged Tuesday to block construction of President Trump’s huge new ballroom until Congress weighs in. A decision, perhaps only temporary, is likely by Friday.

Acting on his own, Trump had the East Wing of the White House torn down in October and ordered work to start on a massive new building that would ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Two former Florida state representatives, Kevin Steele and Mike Beltran, are wrapping up a contentious eight-person GOP primary Tuesday that will decide who should take on U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, a Democrat, in a reshaped Hillsborough congressional district.

Beltran is crying foul over a text message sent to voters the night ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have given preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture tied to President Trump and his family to operate a digital-asset bank, a decision that has drawn immediate condemnation from Senate Democrats who are now pushing legislation to bar such an action.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on ...Read more

Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Fine will not face federal charges after he was caught Sunday on a security camera peeking inside the porch mailbox of an Ormond Beach, Florida, home and flipping through each letter, according to the website TMZ.

The porch scene was first reported by the news website The Space Coast Rocket. Fine’s office later ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — House Speaker Mike Johnson warned against the "dangerous prospect" of a federal moratorium on data centers while campaigning with Republican Congressman Tom Barrett on Tuesday.

The Louisiana Republican, when asked whether he believes the federal government should override local control over data center siting and zoning ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A close aide to President Donald Trump is at the center of an ugly clash between the White House and Sen. Jon Ossoff, after the Democratic lawmaker drew the administration’s ire for highlighting the close nature of her relationship with the president.

Natalie Harp, a 35-year-old executive assistant to the president, is little ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is trying to make his White House ballroom a “fait accompli” by building it so quickly the judiciary won’t be able to stop him, a historic preservation group told the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a filing that tees up the high court to decide the fate of the 90,000-square-foot facility, the National Trust ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A five-week wait on a crucial Senate vote on major cryptocurrency legislation has opened wide a window of opportunity for both advocates and opponents of the measure, which would flesh out in greater detail a regulatory framework for the still-nascent industry’s U.S. operations.

Just before the Senate adjourned for its summer ...Read more

Senator Dianne Feinstein's visible decline in her final years in office. Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death. Senator Mitch McConnell's own recent hospitalization, and his halting explanation of it afterward. Three senators, three separate incidents, no obvious connection between them, except that the saga of these three senators is really one...Read more

The nation just learned that last month, when we thought President Donald Trump had fled his Qatari-donated luxury plane for the relative safety of a proper Air Force One, he was actually on a third plane out of Turkey. Fearing an Iranian assassination attempt, military and security officials had secreted him off the official aircraft and onto ...Read more

The rise of Donald Trump could have been a plus for Harley-Davidson, given that many of its longtime customers are proud fans of the Republican president. When the GOP held its National Convention in Harley’s hometown of Milwaukee two summers ago, Republican delegates streamed in by the busload to the local Harley-Davidson Museum.

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San Diego’s Democratic congressional delegation on Monday requested an investigation into the monthslong deployment of the locally based USS Abraham Lincoln following reports of sailors living in deplorable conditions while serving on the longest consecutive stretch at sea without a port call in modern U.S. military history.

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WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is investigating Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles for alleged sexual misconduct.

The committee said it is investigating allegations that Gomez, 51, engaged in "inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer," according to a statement released by the committee's ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With less than three months to go before Election Day, control of both chambers of Congress remains in play.

While Democrats lack many guaranteed pickups, there continues to be growing softness or vulnerability for Republicans on the outskirts of the House and Senate battleground. President Donald Trump’s low job approval ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 monitors to watch voting during the midterm elections in November, a historic figure for a Republican administration, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.

Dhillon, who oversees DOJ’s civil rights division, said the monitors’ job will be to observe whether elections are ...Read more

A 16-year-old lifeguard, whose viral video rescue of a boy at a Santa Cruz beach last month drew widespread praise, met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday afternoon.

Ryder Williams, 16, met with Trump at the Oval Office, after the president announced that Ryder would receive a “High Civilian Honor” for the rescue.

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who is seeking reelection to a Los Angeles-area House seat, is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee over allegations of sexual misconduct, including allegedly “engaging in inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.”

Gomez, in a statement, acknowledged making “personal mistakes” in the past but ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a controversial elections bill on Monday that would have cut the early voting period for primary elections, among a suite of other Republican-backed changes.

At a ceremony at the Executive Mansion, Stein was joined by Democratic lawmakers, voting rights activists and students as he vetoed the ...Read more