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A view of flames on a ridge, as seen Thursday from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles.

White House

As California fires rage, so does what could be final Trump-Biden battle

President-elect hammers Democrats, while Biden, once again, opts for public high road

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:13pm

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, participates in an interview hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists, in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Jim WatsonAFP via Getty Images)

Campaigns

On Black vote, Harris won’t assume ‘I’m going to have it because I’m Black’

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:22pm
Vice President Kamala Harris greets former President Donald Trump at a ceremony in New York City marking 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attack.

Campaigns

Harris, Trump take contrasting approaches to marking 9/11 terror attack anniversary

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 11, 2024 at 11:17am, Updated at 5:25pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democratic vice presidential nominee, and his wife Gwen, acknowledge the crowd after he spoke on the third night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Wednesday.

Campaigns

Walz-ing with Tim at the DNC

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:27am
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, address a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

Toss-up, but with an edge to Kamala Harris

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted August 12, 2024 at 12:49pm
President Joe Biden speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on Friday.

Biden kicks off outreach to Black voters as protest threat looms at Morehouse

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 17, 2024 at 2:22pm
National security adviser Jake Sullivan at a White House briefing last year. On Monday, he laid out President Joe Biden's view of the Israel-Hamas war.

Arab leaders’ Gaza demands give Biden another election-year headache

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 16, 2024 at 4:13pm
Confederate statues, like this one saluting Confederate War Dead in Downtown Chatham, Va., is a reminder of the past for Black people seeking justice, columnist Mary C. Curtis writes.

America’s two-tiered justice system isn’t new — just don’t talk about it

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted September 14, 2023 at 6:00am
The Amache internment camp during World War II.

New historic site stirs memories of America’s darker instincts

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted April 27, 2022 at 6:00am