Gary Condit

by Josh Meyer Federal authorities say a Salvadoran illegal immigrant already in prison for assaults on women was charged in the 2001 slaying of federal intern Chandra Levy, whose disappearance and death here in the capital ended the career of......

Greetings and salutations, PR fans. Before we get to the penultimate episode of Project Runway: 90210, a brief apology from me, your master of blogging ceremonies, Kevin Van Valkenburg. My 'other' writing job (sports) and a tragic TiVo malfunction...

Five years ago, when I covered David Petraeus' triumphant visit to Capitol Hill after he salvaged the war effort in Iraq, I likened the reception he received to that of conquering generals of Rome, who were feted with laurels, purple robes, trumpets and...

Central Valley voters were choosing Republican Rep. Jeff Denham and former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez, a Democrat, to compete for a newly drawn congressional district this fall. Although the 10th Congressional District leans Republican because of its...

A new super PAC formed to support independent candidates on Friday announced its backing of Nathan Fletcher for San Diego mayor and Linda Parks for a Ventura County congressional district seat. The group is launching a TV and online media campaign to...

Jose Hernandez, who flew on the space shuttle and is running for U.S. Congress in California, can call himself an astronaut on the ballot, a state judge ruled Thursday. Judge Lloyd Connelly rejected Republican arguments that Hernandez did not work......

Several independent candidates in the June 5 primary are scheduled to speak at a late afternoon news conference in San Diego Thursday to highlight the state's new open pirmary system. Voters who are not affiliated with a political party now make up more...

Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Atwater), a leader of the coalition of moderate to conservative Democrats known as Blue Dogs, announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection next year in the Central Valley, further scrambling the state’s congressional...

Looks as though TLC is branching out. After finding great success with reality shows such as "Cake Boss," "Sister Wives" and, of course, "Jon & Kate plus 8," TLC is going to make a "docu-movie" about the Chandra Levy case.......

We'll be honest. We dig his haircut. And who hasn't missed his leisure suits?Out of prison but perhaps not out of northeastern Ohio's heart, former Rep. James Traficant is back. With a vengeance? We don't know. But he wants back......

All over Modesto, five candidates for the new California 10th Congressional seat were pushing for votes until the last minute. In the end, what could have been a test of California's new "Top Two" primary system, has turned into a November general...