LAS VEGAS — Want to understand Iowa’s outsize role in selecting the Democratic presidential nominee? Just come to the West, where anyone in Nevada or California will tell you: We are the voters presidential candidates should be paying more attention to.
There were three hours to go before Amy Klobuchar would take the stage with Trevor Noah on “The Daily Show,” and she had no jokes prepared. After several late-night appearances she had learned one thing: It’s the host’s job to bring the comedy, not hers.
WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg on Monday compared Israel’s relationship with the United States to that of a close friend — one who needed and should accept more guidance. Bernie Sanders put it in starker terms, saying the United States should demand more from Israel.
LOS ANGELES — In a sign of how gay rights have become an essential part of the party’s platform, nine Democratic presidential hopefuls participated Thursday evening in the second forum of this primary season that focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
SAN ANTONIO — When Rosie Castro’s sons, Julián and Joaquin, were still in elementary school, she took them to countless political meetings in San Antonio, hoping they would learn to see the world as she did: a place that needed Mexican American voices, like theirs, fighting for representation in the upper echelons of power. A place that needed them to speak with urgency about civil rights and racism.
LA HABRA, Calif. — When newly elected members of Congress traveled to Washington for freshman orientation in late November, Young Kim, 56, flew from her Orange County home to join them. Not all of the ballots in California’s 39th Congressional District were counted, but Kim believed her narrow lead was solid. After shaking hands with other members at white-tablecloth lunches, she posed for her official portrait and a group photo of all new members. Kim was expected to be one of two Republican...
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Some wore it proudly emblazoned across their chest: Latinos for Trump, though they would rarely use the ethnic term to describe themselves. A few forcefully emphasized that they were Hispanic, wielding it as if were a badge that proved they could not be racist, even as they said racism was a manufactured problem. For many, their identity was something of an afterthought.
The advertisement began with a photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bursting into flames, followed by a black-and-white image of skulls lined up on the ground.
LOS ANGELES — At an auditorium here one evening this week, Atticus Tyagi, 8, stepped onstage with a canvas bag nearly as large as he was, bearing the name of his “Gammy” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren — and calmly chose raffle tickets to determine who in the audience of thousands would have a chance to ask Warren a question.
Last month, Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old native of South Texas and immigration lawyer, announced her primary challenge against Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat who represents Texas’s 28th District. Just five years ago, Cisneros worked as an intern in Washington for Cuellar, whom she now refers to as “Trump’s favorite Democrat.”
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities said Monday that they had thwarted a domestic terror plot by a U.S. military veteran aimed at “multiple targets” in Southern California, including Huntington Beach, the port of Long Beach and the Santa Monica Pier.
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities said Monday that they had thwarted a domestic terror plot by a U.S. military veteran aimed at “multiple targets” in Southern California, including Huntington Beach, the port of Long Beach and the Santa Monica Pier.
Actress Lori Loughlin, one of the most high-profile defendants in the college admissions bribery case, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her, court documents showed Monday.
Actress Lori Loughlin, one of the most high-profile defendants in the college admissions bribery case, is pleading not guilty to the charges against her, court documents showed Monday.
Actress Lori Loughlin, one of the most high-profile defendants in the college admissions bribery case, is pleading not guilty to the charges against her, court documents showed Monday.
Actress Lori Loughlin, one of the most high-profile defendants in the college admissions bribery case, is pleading not guilty to the charges against her, court documents showed Monday.
