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SACRAMENTO —  Driven by high inflation and the threat of a recession, the state faces a potential $25-billion budget deficit next year that could at minimum curb some recent spending increases …

It has been more than a week since the polls closed in the race for mayor of Los Angeles. We still don’t know for sure who won, but we do …

Democratic Rep. Josh Harder won election Tuesday to a Stockton-centered congressional district, beating Republican Tom Patti, a San Joaquin County supervisor and businessman. Harder, who represents a neighboring district, stressed …

Review The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times By Michelle ObamaCrown: 336 pages, $33 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from …

Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, won reelection in Riverside County despite being drawn into a less favorable district during the decennial reconfiguring of congressional …

Rep. Karen Bass moved closer to victory in the still-undecided Los Angeles mayor’s race Monday, with an updated tally of results showing the congresswoman leading real estate developer Rick Caruso …

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  —  President Biden on Monday expressed confidence that a “new Cold War” can be avoided with China and that Beijing is not planning an “imminent” invasion of …

As scandal-plagued and inept as Los Angeles city government has been, reforms usually face entrenched, powerful opposition. Maybe this moment is different. With new leadership coming to City Hall, The …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to say Sunday if she will run again for the powerful leadership position but said, “I don’t have any plans to step away from Congress.” …

The disappointment over Tuesday’s midterm election, which proved more red trickle than crimson tide, has had a spine-stiffening effect on Republicans. Suddenly, they no longer cower in fear of the …