Megan Smolenyak

It’s primary day here in California and more than a dozen other states.

Silicon Valley has ‘wide and deep’ ties to Israel tech, R&D

With thousands of votes yet to be counted, political observer Raphael Sonenshein zooms in on the Senate race and key congressional races in Southern California.

California has filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach over its recently passed voter ID law.

Is the media’s coverage adding to the difficulties of Donald Trump’s criminal case? Where does protest cross the line into hate speech?

The solution to Trump's exploitable border crisis is to end the US trafficking of guns for drugs that turns productive Mexicans into desperate refugees.

How should the media cover a Biden/Trump rematch? What mistakes did we see in coverage of the special counsel testimony? Should perception influence policy?

Was there a message behind the unanimous SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot? What’s driving a global trend toward authoritarian leaders?

Will the GOP be more unified following the passage of a new foreign aid bill? What could shifts in support for RFK mean for the election?