Ed Royce

A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders.

A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders.

Democratic state Senate candidate Tom Umberg for the first time pulled ahead of state Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Garden Grove, according to results released Monday by the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

Philanthropist Gil Cisneros, who defeated Republican Young Kim to represent the 39th Congressional District, completing a sweep by Democrats who have won all four Republican-held Orange County congressional seats, was making his victory speech Monday.

Democrat Gil Cisneros captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat in Southern California on Saturday, capping a Democratic rout in which the party picked up six congressional seats in the state.

Last week’s election delivered mixed results around the U.S. — Republicans held the Senate, Democrats seized the House — but in California voters turned the state an even deeper shade of Democratic blue.

Democrat Gil Cisneros has grabbed a narrow lead for the first time in the last undecided U.S. House contest in California.

Democrat Katie Porter captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat Thursday in the heart of what once was Southern California’s Reagan country, extending a rout of the state’s GOP House delegation that might not be over.

Democratic congressional candidate Gil Cisneros continued Wednesday to cut into the lead of Republican Young Kim in the 39th Congressional District.

Democratic congressional candidate Katie Porter jumped ahead of Rep. Mimi Walters, R-Irvine, for the first time Tuesday when updated tallies from last week’s election were released by Orange County election officials.

Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a one-time speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan who later became Russia’s leading defender on Capitol Hill and an outspoken advocate for legalized marijuana, was defeated Saturday, a victim of California’s Democratic tilt and voters’ distaste for President Donald Trump.

The bulk of the seats targeted by Democrats in Tuesday’s election are in the once-reliable Republican stronghold of Orange County, which has seen a liberal political shift over the years. One of the most high-profile races pitted Democrat Harley Rouda, a real estate investor, against longtime Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the coastal 48th District in Orange County.

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is consulting with Congress about additional sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain, in a move that is likely to further strain already tense relations. The State Department said in a statement that Russia has failed to meet a 90-day deadline that fell on Tuesday to comply with...

The California battlegrounds range from Central Valley farmland to legendary surfing spots to horse country north of Los Angeles. A torrent of money has flooded districts, with outside groups dumping over $10 million into several contests.

Pushy midday shoppers nose their carts through the Korean market, stocking up on bottled kimchi and seaweed spring rolls. A few doors away, customers grab pho to go at a Vietnamese takeout counter. Across the street, lunchtime diners line up for tacos “al pastor” — spit-roasted pork — at a Mexican-style taqueria. It’s a snapshot of how much Orange County,...

Democrat Katie Hill is promising to end politics as usual in a district that cuts through suburbs and high desert in northern Los Angeles County. Republican Elizabeth Heng says she will be a new voice in Congress for a hardscrabble stretch of California’s farm belt.

In his first major foray on the campaign trail ahead of November’s midterm election, former President Barack Obama will visit Southern California on Saturday, holding a rally in Orange County to boost seven Democratic candidates running in competitive House districts across the state.

The White House said Wednesday that the Justice Department did not consult President Donald Trump when officials dropped litigation that would have prevented the posting of instructions on how to make 3D-printed plastic guns, which are illegal to own or assemble. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the Justice Department “made a deal without the president’s approval,” referring...

The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is chastising President Donald Trump for ignoring a deadline to decide whether Russia should face sanctions for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain with a military-grade nerve agent. The chairman, Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., in a letter to Trump on Thursday that was obtained by NBC News, said...

Both Democrats and Republicans think the stalemate between President Donald Trump and Congress over immigration can help them in November’s congressional elections. Each could be right. In House races across the country, both parties are using the fight over immigration — fanned by tweets from President Donald Trump about a crisis on the Mexican border that others say doesn’t exist...