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Democrats imported some star power Saturday to celebrate voter registration numbers expected Monday that could show their party outnumbering Republicans in San Bernardino County for the first time in seven ...

Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes.

When 400 exporters and 80 experts gather in Palm Springs next week to talk international trade at the National District Export Council's annual conference, organizers expect the message to be clear: a weak ...

Congressional incumbents in Inland Southern California are facing a more-experienced field of opponents this election season.

Attention, all reps: If your district is not in foreclosure straits, step forward.

Following the vote by Congress to pass the roughly $800 billion bailout plan Friday, a number of local representatives issued statements seeking to explain and justify their votes to the public.

WASHINGTON D.C. The High Desert's three local congressmen voted in favor of an emergency bailout plan that passed in the house Friday 263-171. "This bipartisan package includes substantial taxpayer protections ...

Naomi Klein's book 'The Shock Doctrine,' introduced the notion of 'disaster capitalism.' The nation and the world have seen this policy play out in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina and now the ...

Molly Winter, a longtime supporter of Mark Udall, the Democratic congressman for this liberal-leaning city nestled up against the Rocky Mountains, got up Tuesday, looked at the shambles of her 401 retirement ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling of political writer Josh Richman's blog, The Political Blotter.

U.S. Africa Command, which will debut next week, might have about $123 million less to spend on its programs than it asked for.

While most of the country is focused on the fate of a the $700-billion Wall Street bailout package, congressional Democrats also plan to offer an economic stimulus package designed to help Americans cope with ...

The latest plan from Senate Democratic leaders for an economic stimulus is a $56.2 billion economic stimulus package that includes a seven-week extension of unemployment insurance benefits, a temporary 10 ...

WASHINGTON - The House approved a massive spending bill Wednesday that would fund the federal government until March that did not include a measure to extend a ban on offshore drilling.

The lawmaker with the highest amount in earmarks in the $630 billion spending bill is Sen.

The House on Wednesday easily passed a $630 billion stopgap spending bill to continue funding the federal government into March that includes billions for the Pentagon and loans for the struggling U.S. auto ...

A massive spending bill to keep the government running until March 6 has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." - 'Mark Twain Congress is in a blind rush to consider and most likely approve George ...

The Pentagon budget would rise to a new record while U.S. automakers and victims of hurricanes and floods would receive billions of dollars in a $630 billion-plus omnibus spending bill rushing toward the House ...

Construction continues on Beattie Middle School in Highland, which is expected to open in September 2004 with nearly 1,000 students, relieving crowding at Cope, Clement and Moore middle schools.