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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks to Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel in the spin room after a CBS News vice presidential debate against Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Election denial returns as focus with Vance’s ‘non-answer,’ new Trump indictment details

Former President Trump’s denial of the 2020 election results swung back into focus in the 2024 presidential race after it was raised as an issue by Gov. Tim Walz at the vice presidential debate and by Special Counsel Jack Smith in a new federal court filing.

Oct. 6, 2024

Column: Cool weather, hot races forecast for November

Oct. 6, 2024
Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election. Activists are pushing them to vote

Oct. 6, 2024

Walz says he’ll ‘own up’ when he misspeaks as the Democratic ticket steps up media interviews

Oct. 6, 2024
For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary tale

Oct. 6, 2024
Harris pledges ongoing federal support as she visits North Carolina to survey Helene’s aftermath

Oct. 5, 2024
Trump returns to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for a major swing-state rally

Oct. 5, 2024
Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump

Oct. 5, 2024
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes hinder Helene recovery

Oct. 5, 2024
Idaho lawmaker tells Native American candidate ‘go back where you came from’ in forum

Oct. 5, 2024

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California firefighting aircraft stymied by U.S. Forest Service policy, local chiefs say

Oct. 4, 2024

California Politics

Column: The real problem with L.A. Latino politics isn’t City Council boundaries

Oct. 5, 2024
L.A. mayor selects longtime lawman Jim McDonnell as city’s next police chief

Oct. 4, 2024
Democrat who vowed to not take campaign money from oil and tobacco owned up to $820,000 of stock in those industries

Oct. 4, 2024
Californians broadly support Prop. 36 to get tough on crime, new poll finds

Oct. 4, 2024
Prop. 5 could unleash a flood of new affordable housing, road repairs, fire stations — and tax hikes

Oct. 4, 2024

The United States of California, a series exploring the state’s vast impact on the nation

Electric cars, climate credit schemes, diverse boardrooms and legal weed: How California exports its ideas and policies across the U.S.

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EVANS, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 04: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp shake hands as they visit the area while it recovers from Hurricane Helene on October 04, 2024 in Evans, Georgia. Trump met with local officials, first responders, and residents who have been impacted by the hurricane, which has left over 200 people dead across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Seeking to woo voters, Trump puts aside his beef with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. For now

Friday’s meeting between Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was a significant public turnaround calibrated to bring Georgia Republicans together.

Oct. 4, 2024

Column: Melania Trump supports abortion rights. Her husband doesn’t. Will he get her vote?

Oct. 3, 2024

FILE - This is a new housing development in Middlesex Township, Pa., on Oct. 12, 2022. The government report on mortgage rates is released on Thursday, Nov. 17. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on housing

Oct. 3, 2024

Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion

Oct. 3, 2024

Left; Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech as she accepts the party's nomination to be it's presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention. Right, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event on Aug. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Robert Gauthier; Julia Nikhinson / Los Angeles Times; AP)

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on tax policy

Oct. 3, 2024

Policy, Issues and Agencies

Abcarian: Trump and Vance are angry about fact-checking at the debates. Here’s what voters think

Oct. 6, 2024
Granderson: Trump blames immigrants as if that were a policy position. It’s just racist

Oct. 4, 2024
Your guide to California’s U.S. Senate candidates’ views on immigration and border security

Oct. 3, 2024
Your guide to the LAUSD District 5 school board race: Griego vs. Ortiz

Oct. 3, 2024
Your guide to L.A. Unified district’s Measure US, a $9-billion school bond

Oct. 3, 2024
New California law aims to protect free movement of mountain lions and other wildlife

Oct. 3, 2024

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Column: Nobody loves Biden’s Western Solar Plan. But it’s what we’ve got

Oct. 3, 2024
JD Vance won the VP debate with lies. Here’s the truth, in his own words

Oct. 2, 2024
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Oct. 1, 2024
In the VP debate it’s ‘Mad Dad’ Vance vs. ‘Rad Dad’ Walz

Oct. 1, 2024

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Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP’s birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan

Oct. 4, 2024
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Opinion: Why President Biden hasn’t been able to end Israel’s nearly year-old war in Gaza

Oct. 4, 2024
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After losing the 2020 election, Trump ‘resorted to crimes,’ special counsel alleges in court filing

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Why the U.S. probably can’t stop Israel from widening the war in Lebanon

Oct. 4, 2024
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California

Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads

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