Politics

Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic primary candidate Joe Biden is making campaign stops around the Bay Area on Thursday. 

U.S. Senator from California Kamala Harris has formally asked Twitter to suspend President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump account. 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a four-nation European tour Tuesday, but he couldn't escape questions about the impeachment inquiry. 

 The National Rifle Association is declaring victory after San Francisco Mayor London Breed told city departments to ignore part of a resolution labeling the NRA a "terrorist organization."

Democrats moved forward last week with an impeachment inquiry over questions surrounding Trump’s July call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Mayor London Breed is launching a new plan to save lives from drug overdoses in San Francisco.  It's designed to make Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug more readily available starting at the end of this year. 

California will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements, defying the NCAA and setting up a likely legal challenge that could reshape amateur sports in the U.S.

California will allow roughly 40,000 child care workers to unionize.

Democratic presidential candidate senator Kamala Harris received a warm welcome from a crowd of volunteers and supporters at the opening of her campaign office in Oakland. Harris was born in Oakland, and with her history in the Bay Area, the campaign is calling this her “hometown headquarters.”

U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, will host public "town hall" meetings in Pittsburg and Richmond this week, for updates on House of Representatives activities including oversight of the Trump Administration, and "other news of the day from Washington."

From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been shadowed by investigations and controversy. They have been layered, lengthy and often inconclusive, leaving many Americans scandal-weary and numb to his behavior. And with each charge against him, Trump has perfected the art of deflection, seemingly gaining strength by bullying and belittling those who have dared to...

The impeachment inquiry shows no signs of slowing, even as Congress left Friday for a two-week break. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff called the whistleblower's complaint "a road map for our investigation" and three house committees issued subpoenas ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to hand over documents. They also called for depositions from other state department...

An 18-month investigation into the NRA’s relationship with Russia and potential violations of U.S. tax and sanctions laws was conducted by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee and released Friday.

The whistleblower at the center of Congress’ impeachment inquiry alleged that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next year’s U.S. election. The White House then tried to “lock down” the information to cover it up, the official’s complaint says.

President Donald Trump's repeated trashing of a Democratic impeachment inquiry has helped prompt a $13 million flood of campaign cash to bolster his reelection effort.

The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.

The Democrat-led House Intelligence Committee has released the whistleblower complaint that triggered President Trump's impeachment inquiry.