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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six years after a similar initiative was rejected, a clear majority of California voters supports a measure on the November ballot that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in their state, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. Proposition 64, which would legalize personal use, is backed by 58

CBS News edited out a verbal gaffe by former President Bill Clinton, who corrected himself during an interview after saying his wife Hillary “frequently” becomes faint. Mr. Clinton appeared in an interview Monday with CBS News’ Charlie Rose after his wife nearly collapsed while trying to leave a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday. Asked if

By Colleen O’Connor From Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The No. 1 cardinal rule in politics—offer a contrast to one’s opponent. Simple. I am a Democrat. He is a Republican. I want to save the environment. He doesn’t. I support the President. He doesn’t. I want to save the status quo. He doesn’t.

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Sept. 13: ——— Some political debates are about ideas and issues. The 1858 U.S. Senate debates in Illinois between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln focused on the future of slavery in America. The candidates talked for a total of three hours in each of seven

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As many California voters prefer “none of the above” as plan to vote for Loretta Sanchez. Support for the Orange County congresswoman in the state’s U.S. Senate race not only lags far behind that of her rival, Attorney General Kamala Harris, but is matched by the pool of Californians who say they

Swing states, the handful of electorate gold that can make or break a bid for the Oval Office, will once again be at the very core of the U.S. presidential election and this year 13 states have earned the designation. According to the latest poll analysis from the Associated Press, Democrat Hillary Clinton currently has

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is ramping up her campaign efforts in an attempt to bring more attention to herself and her political platform, looking to the past as a way to potentially propel her candidacy forward. The longshot White House hopeful who just last week was charged criminally for her role in a

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said Saturday that America is at a fork in the road and if something isn’t done soon to protect religious and conservative values, people might have to physically fight for them. “I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don’t have to do it

WASHINGTON — Suddenly, Donald Trump has become a much better, more polished and focused presidential candidate. He’s making carefully worded speeches and issuing policy papers about the day’s top issues. He visited flood victims in Louisiana and traveled to Mexico to meet that country’s president. He’s staying on message, running an ad blasting Clinton for