Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than answer senators’ questions this week about his conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. But in the 1,141-page private diary released before that hearing, the former top infectious disease official had plenty to say about the press, his celebrity, his enemies on the “far right,” and his frustration […]

The race to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is shaping up as an ideological battle over the future of San Francisco — and a test of whether the city’s Democratic electorate is still looking for a distinctly progressive voice in Congress or has begun moving toward a more pragmatic center. California state Sen. Scott Wiener […]

On Jan. 3, 2011, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger packed up his belongings and left downtown Sacramento’s Hyatt hotel — the governor’s mansion is primarily an historic site for tourists at this late date. Few realized they were witnessing the final chapter of a distinct political species. At the time, it felt like a temporary setback, […]

Virginians will head to the ballot boxes on Tuesday to make their voices heard in the Old Dominion’s 2026 primary elections. The state’s election schedule was upended by Democrats’ proposed redistricting measure, which pushed back primaries from mid-June to Aug. 4, but the new map ultimately failed to take effect. When the state Supreme Court struck down […]