SAN DIEGO — Four of San Diego’s nine City Council seats are on the ballot this year, and the results of the June primary have already reshaped who will be […]
A New Fight to ‘Undo the Top Two’ Could Reshape California Elections by 2030
SACRAMENTO — Sixteen years after California voters approved one of the most sweeping changes to the state’s election system in a generation, a Democratic political consultant has filed a ballot […]
Washington Cuts Nutrition Education While Preaching ‘Make America Healthy Again’
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has spent much of the past year building a public health message around reducing ultra-processed food consumption and encouraging fresh, whole-food diets. That same administration […]
Colombia’s Narrow Turn Right Tests the Limits of a Trump Endorsement
BOGOTÁ — Colombia is preparing to swear in a president who won by the thinnest margin in the country’s modern electoral history, and the closeness of that result may matter […]
Opinion: The Harris List Sale Shows a Party Still Living Off Someone Else’s Money
Opinion | National Beat | The Navarro Report Kamala Harris never built a national donor list. She inherited one. When Joe Biden dropped out on July 21, 2024, the Federal […]
When Marvel Sold Its Heroes: How a Bankrupt Comic Company Scattered Its Characters Across Hollywood — and What It Took to Bring Them Home
A Company Selling Off Its Family Jewels In December 1996, Marvel Entertainment Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, weighed down by roughly $610 million in debt after a decade […]
Comic-Con’s Crossroads: A Convention That May Have Outgrown Its Hometown
From a Hotel Basement to a Global Phenomenon In March 1970, roughly 100 people gathered in the basement of the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego for a one-day […]
Comic-Con’s $160 Million Question: What One Weekend Really Buys San Diego
San Diego Comic-Con wrapped its 2026 run this weekend, and the numbers city officials released alongside the announcement that the convention will remain in San Diego through 2030 are worth […]
California’s Economy Keeps Outgrowing Texas and Florida. The Numbers Tell a More Complicated Story.
California’s gross domestic product grew at a 3.7 percent annualized pace in the first quarter of 2026, its best quarterly showing since 2013 and a rate that continues to outpace […]
A Former General Emerges as Netanyahu’s Most Serious Threat Yet
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, is facing what may be the most consequential electoral test of his career this fall, and the challenge is coming from an unexpected quarter: […]