Truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against an autocrat’s unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when ...

Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, the heart of the Vietnamese diaspora is sending one of its own to Washington for the first time.

Democrats flipped Republican-held congressional seats in Orange County, the Central Valley and northern L.A. County, helping ...

In an adverse political environment, Democrats found success in House races, increasing their seats from 213 to 215 and ...

President-elect Donald Trump is about to resume a second term as president with such a slim GOP majority in the House of ...

Even as women have reached near-parity in Sacramento, the ranks of female House members from California are shrinking. For the first time in decades, men also hold both U.S. Senate seats.

LA Times editorial board member Carla Hall said the painstaking process of counting ballots long after Election Day is "worth ...

Key flips in blue states, where Republicans won or held key House districts in 2022, helped Democrats thwart Republican ...

Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) lost his House seat in what was the last uncalled congressional race of the 2024 cycle, giving ...

President-elect Donald Trump is about to resume a second term as president with such a slim GOP majority in the House of Representatives that it offers the party little if ...

Butler held her final Los Angeles open house last month, regaling the friendly crowd with anecdotes of being the only Black ...

Laura J. Nelson is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, covering politics and campaign finance. Since joining The Times in 2012, she has also covered transportation and worked as an ...