Justine McDaniel is a Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, covering politics, policy and the Trump administration’s ongoing battles with California. She previously covered national news and politics at the Washington Post. Her previous reporting on transportation, water contamination and other topics at the Philadelphia Inquirer was recognized with several awards. She was a 2014 reporting fellow for News21, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. She grew up in the North Bay.
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California’s redistricting has helped drive a decrease in the number of competitive congressional districts nationwide, a new analysis found. The battlegrounds that are left could have national consequences.
The economic pain many Americans feel after years of stagnant wages and steep inflation is unlikely to lift before the November elections, and could be a major liability for Republicans, according to experts.
Trump delivered a prime-time address on Thursday night about vulnerabilities in the election system, claims that largely were not backed up by the evidence he provided.
Candidates are betting on affordability as their winning midterm issue, aiming to shift a perception that Democrats deal in the abstract.
The White House published a series of heavily redacted documents that echo debunked fraud claims about the 2020 election.
Trump’s speech announcement elicited fears from Democrats and voting rights advocates that he is planning yet another play for control over voting in November.
Graham’s death eats into Republicans’ voting majority in the Senate, as does the absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been hospitalized for weeks.
Platner had entered the race as an outsider and was seen as riding a progressive, anti-establishment wave of support.
Trump has fixated on making changes to the nation’s capital in his second term.
The effects of the war and other factors driving inflation are likely to stick around for months, experts say, presenting an ongoing challenge to American households.