Janet Hook

Janet Hook covered national politics for the Los Angeles Times until October 2021. She returned to the Washington bureau in 2018 after spending eight years covering politics and Congress for the Wall Street Journal. Her first stint with The Times was in 1995-2010 covering Congress and politics. She was a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics and received the Everett Dirksen Award for reporting on Congress, the Carey McWilliams Award for political reporting and the John S. Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of Harvard University.

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Obituaries

Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat and former Senate majority leader, dies at 82

The former Senate majority leader helped make Nevada a Democratic state and urged Barack Obama to run for president.
Politics

Big stakes for Biden, Pelosi in advancing Democrats’ agenda

Progressives threaten to block Biden’s infrastructure plan as negotiations around the broader social spending plan stall.
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Los votantes jóvenes apoyaron con fuerza a los demócratas en 2020; ¿lo volverán a hacer?

Una generación diversa de jóvenes votantes, que será crucial en 2022, se ha visto impulsada más por los temas que por los candidatos.
Politics

Biden and Harris hold their own immigration policies at arm’s length

The two are trying to distance themselves from the administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, particularly the treatment of Haitian migrants.
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Biden es el presidente de mayor edad en la historia de EE.UU; así es como busca cerrar la gran brecha generacional

Joe Biden, el presidente de más edad de la historia, dependía de los votantes jóvenes para ganar en 2020. ¿Podrá mantener su apoyo?
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Swimming against the tide: GOP fights to make inroads among millennial and Gen Z voters

Not all young people drawn to the GOP are Trump fans. Polls suggest millennial and Gen Z Republicans identify less with Trump than older Republicans.
Politics

Biden is the oldest president in American history. Here’s how he aims to bridge a canyon-sized generation gap

Joe Biden, the oldest president in history, depended on young voters to win in 2020. Can he keep their support?
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Young voters turned out in force for Democrats in 2020. Will they stick around?

A diverse generation of young voters, who will be crucial in 2022, have been galvanized more by issues than candidates.
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Vaccines and Trump: Will Newsom’s formula for beating the recall work for Democrats in 2022?

Newsom won by stoking fears of the GOP to turn out his base, and by touting his handling of the pandemic. Would the strategy work outside California?
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Rep. Tom Cole: ‘I don’t know if I would have run if I hadn’t seen that event’

Tom Cole, now an Oklahoma congressman, had a bird’s-eye view of the chaos in Washington after the Sept. 11 attacks. The experience redirected his career trajectory.