Doyle McManus is a Washington columnist for the Los Angeles Times. During his long career at The Times, he has been a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, a White House correspondent and a presidential campaign reporter, and was the paper’s Washington bureau chief from 1996 to 2008. He was director of the journalism program at Georgetown University from 2018 to 2022. McManus, a native of San Francisco, has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1983 but still considers Hermosa Beach his spiritual home.
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El expresidente Trump está criticando a California en su campaña de 2024; si gana, quiere obligarlo a cambiar: en materia de medio ambiente, inmigración, cuestiones LGBTQ y más.
March 18, 2024
Former President Trump is bashing California in his 2024 campaign; if he wins he wants to force it to change — on environment, immigration, LGBTQ issues and more.
March 18, 2024
Biden and Trump offer converging narratives about the country: one optimistic, one apocalyptic. That collision is the core of the 2024 election.
March 11, 2024
Democratic strategists say Biden has 3 goals: Dispel concerns about his age. Tackle voters’ top issues. And make the election a choice between Trump and him.
March 4, 2024
Tariffs on foreign goods aren’t paid by other countries; they’re paid by American consumers — and they often fail to protect jobs.
Feb. 26, 2024
Trump hasn’t officially won the Republican nomination. But he’s already throwing his weight around on foreign policy — and Republicans in Congress are falling in line.
Feb. 19, 2024
Biden’s memory sometimes fails. Trump’s does, too. Voters face a choice between two elderly men with flaws. But the problems they pose aren’t equal.
Feb. 9, 2024
U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias and Houthi rebels aim to deter attacks without starting a war with Iran. Any effect is likely to be short-lived.
Feb. 5, 2024
Polls suggest that if the election were held tomorrow, Trump would narrowly win. But his unpopularity rivals Biden’s, and a lot could change in the next nine months.
Jan. 29, 2024
Column: Taiwan held an election. War didn’t break out. That’s good news for California and the world
War over Taiwan would cause a deep recession in China and the U.S., and it would cut especially deep in California.
Jan. 22, 2024