Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, joined by other House Republicans, speaks during a first press conference since the 2024 presidential election results on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 12, 2024. Photo by Madalina Vasiliu.

Republicans win trifecta control of government  

By Emel Akan, Jackson Richman, Joseph Lord Contributing Writer  WASHINGTON — With Republicans projected to retain control of the U.S. House, the GOP has won a trifecta in the federal government

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Dan Walters | State’s Democrat Voters Drift Right

Several decades ago, when Republicans had rough parity with Democrats as they dueled over California’s presidential electoral votes and other offices high and low, GOP strategists counted on what they

Letters to the Editor

Matt Graham | Is This a Conflict? 

How does the editorial board endorse Holly Schroeder for (Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency) without acknowledging her glaring conflict of interest? Schroeder became executive of external affairs for DrinkPAK last

Majority Leader-elect Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) ahead of the Senate Republican leadership election in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. Photo by Madalina Vasiliu.

Thune elected Senate GOP leader 

By Mark Tapscott Contributing Writer  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday selected Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, as their new leader in the 119th Congress, succeeding Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, who

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Biden meets with Trump at White House 

By Emel Akan and Jacob Burg Contributing Writers  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met with President-elect Donald Trump for nearly two hours in the Oval Office on Wednesday, during which both

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A heartfelt gesture 

Tom Cadman, a local Vietnam veteran, submitted this photo along with a note: “While attending the Veterans Day event (Monday) at Veterans Historical Plaza, I was handed this handmade card

Letters to the Editor

Dan Bradley | Humbug to the Tree

How many of you have driven by the Old Town Newhall Library lately and thought that the holiday tree is just as ugly as it was last year and the

Thomas Homan speaks at an event hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies on June 5, 2018. Photo by Charlotte Cuthbertson.

Trump ‘border czar’ pick outlines priorities  

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for “border czar” on Monday provided more details about the forthcoming administration’s plans on dealing with illegal immigration and the border.  Trump