Abel Maldonado moves toward a run for governor

SAN FRANCISCO President Barack Obama is raising money for the Democratic Party in California, eager to weaken his Republican opposition in Congress even as he confronts protests from his liberal flank over a contested oil pipeline project that is ...

Obamas two San Francisco events to benefit the House Democrats campaign committee come as the party eyes a potential pickup opportunity in South Carolinas first congressional district, after Mark Sanford emerged as the Republican nominee in a ...

Demonstrators carry signs during an immigration rally on May Day in the Mission District in San Francisco, California May 1, 2013. Photo by Robert Galbraith, Reuters WASHINGTON - U.S. immigration authorities would give preference to better-educated ...

In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, discusses the importance of "restoring economic growth and bringing our deficits under control." Sen. Toomey says, "The best way ...

Travelers wait in line to go through security at San Francisco International Airport. San Francisco's Mayor's Office of Public Policy and Finance expects flight delays of up to 90 minutes as a result of federal budget cuts due to the sequester.

The religious right isn't having a good year: the new Republican National Committee roadmap almost entirely excludes religious issues , a majority of young conservatives support same-sex marriage , and hard-line libertarians are dominating the ...

The Republican National Committee's sweeping new strategy document admits what observers have been saying since the GOP But when it comes to technology 1. Chase the data. Democrats in the last election used sophisticated data testing methods to ...

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JEWELL COMMITTEE VOTE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY: Interior nominee Sally Jewell will get her vote before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee today at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 366 — assuming the vote moves ahead, as panel Chairman Ron Wyden said ...