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SCOTTSDALE, AZ - OCTOBER 2, 2024: The Saguaro cactus, left, the most iconic cactus in Arizona, is silhouetted against the desert sky on October 2, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Many Californians who are used to west coast sunsets have moved to Arizona possibly changing the political landscape.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Will an influx of Californians into Arizona tilt the battleground state’s politics?

Arizona is now among a handful of battlegrounds that will determine whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump wins the White House in November.

Oct. 7, 2024

In the heart of Appalachia, a distant cousin of JD Vance leads an opposing ‘authentic hillbilly’ movement

Oct. 7, 2024
Major-league debt and mortgages: Inside the California Senate candidates’ finances

Oct. 7, 2024

Trump says migrants who’ve committed murder have brought ‘a lot of bad genes in our country’
Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
North Carolina residents affected by Helene likely to see some voting changes
Anticipating backlash, Alex Cooper of ‘Call Her Daddy’ explains that Kamala Harris interview
Supreme Court turns down challenge of California labor lawsuits by Uber, Lyft

Oct. 7, 2024
Column: With Harris and Trump, voters face a stark choice on foreign policy — and it’s not about Gaza

Oct. 7, 2024
Walz says he’ll ‘own up’ when he misspeaks as the Democratic ticket steps up media interviews

Oct. 6, 2024

Schiff vs. Trump: The real head-to-head battle defining California’s U.S. Senate race

Oct. 7, 2024
Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election. Activists are pushing them to vote

Oct. 6, 2024
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California Politics

Measure A homeless sales tax edges closer to the 50% majority needed for passage, poll shows

Oct. 7, 2024
Column: Newsom sends clear message about increasing benefits for undocumented immigrants

Oct. 7, 2024
L.A. City Council districts could be radically reshaped by state attorney general’s probe

Oct. 7, 2024
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

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.

In Depth

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

Left: former President Donald Trump; Right: Vice President Kamala Harris

For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary tale

Oct. 6, 2024
Abcarian: Trump and Vance are angry about fact-checking at the debates. Here’s what voters think

Oct. 6, 2024
Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump

Oct. 5, 2024
Granderson: Trump blames immigrants as if that were a policy position. It’s just racist

Oct. 4, 2024
California firefighting aircraft stymied by U.S. Forest Service policy, local chiefs say

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

Oct. 3, 2024

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