ArticleCourt: States can tally votes arriv­ing late

In an unex­pec­ted vic­tory for Cali­for­nia and other states where most voters mail in their bal­lots, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that elec­tion offi­cials can count bal­lots that are post­marked by Elec­tion Day. Repub­lican lead­ers and...

ArticleSupreme court rejects Trump push to over­turn Car­roll sexual abuse ver­dict

ArticleAMERICANS’ PRIDE IN U. S. HISTORY DECLINES, POLL SHOWS

WASHINGTON — Amer­ic­ans have grown less proud of their coun­try’s his­tory or the way its demo­cracy works over the past dec­ade, accord­ing to a new AP- NORC poll. Amer­ic­ans’ pride in the U. S. on sev­eral key attrib­utes has dropped since 2017 —...

ArticleRul­ing seen as ‘win for voters’

Cali­for­nia offi­cials cheered a U.S. Supreme Court rul­ing Monday that allows states to con­tinue count­ing mail bal­lots post­marked by elec­tion day but received in the days after — call­ing it a win for voter par­ti­cip­a­tion and access,...

ArticleMAHER GETS HIS DUE

BILL Maher is the per­fect lib­eral, at least on paper — yet des­pite his talk shows being nom­in­ated for Emmy awards more than 40 times, it’s only in Don­ald Trump’s Wash­ing­ton that Maher finally gets the recog­ni­tion he craves. He’s now the 27th...

ArticlePelosi to stay polit­ic­ally act­ive after Con­gress

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is retir­ing from Con­gress but not retir­ing from polit­ics. The Nancy Pelosi Insti­tute for Rep­res­ent­at­ive Demo­cracy is being launched in Janu­ary at the Uni­versity of Cali­for­nia, Berke­ley, the uni­versity...

ArticleMigrants in U.S. on TPS should seek per­man­ent status or leave, Home­land sec­ret­ary says

ArticleSecur­ity is tight for Amer­ica 250 cel­eb­ra­tions

WASHINGTON — Fed­eral law enforce­ment author­it­ies in Wash­ing­ton, D. C., are pre­par­ing for one of their largest and most com­plex secur­ity oper­a­tions as the nation’s cap­ital gears up to cel­eb­rate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s free­dom.