Evan Halper writes about a broad range of policy issues out of Washington D.C., with particular emphasis on how Washington regulates, agitates and very often miscalculates in its dealings with California. Before heading east, he was the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in Sacramento, where he spent a decade untangling California’s epic budget mess and political dysfunction.
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Trump’s bid to hijack the electoral college was doomed to fail, but the damage he’s done to voters’ faith in elections may prove one of his most lasting legacies.
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As California attorney general, Becerra battled the Trump administration over Obamacare and confronted rising healthcare costs.
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Biden steps into the White House leadership vacuum on the coronavirus, resetting the tone in a solemn Thanksgiving address aimed at an anxious nation.
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President-elect Joe Biden’s Goldilocks Cabinet picks underscore his deftness at hugging the center in politics and policy, as he tries to avoid the bitter partisanship that has hobbled recent presidents.
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President Trump authorizes start of formal transition as Joe Biden makes several historic picks for key posts, shaping a Cabinet that is notably diverse and brings back many Obama-era insiders.
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Joe Biden is president-elect, yet Democrats are consumed by infighting and finger-pointing after failing to win hoped-for gains in Congress and state legislatures.
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Joe Biden has chosen his longtime advisor Ron Klain to run his White House, making his first personnel pick since becoming president-elect.
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Joe Biden called President Trump’s claims of victory “an embarrassment” that will tarnish his legacy, and said the work of the transition of power would go on.
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The swift unveiling of the coronavirus advisory board signals the urgency of the issue and its importance in propelling Biden to the White House.
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A 40-year career trained Biden as a consensus seeker. As president in a divided era, that will be put to an extreme test.