Tom McClintock

Arnold Schwarzenegger walks into Lucca, one of his favorite restaurants near the Capitol, its walls dominated by an enormous painting of a goose and a copper-framed mirror as wide as a Hummer. Bursting from his suit, his hair that peculiar Arnold orange,...

SACRAMENTO -- Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced a proposal Thursday to limit fund-raising and make government more open, and immediately used the plan to criticize his rivals. Schwarzenegger's plan included four major elements: * Support for a proposed...

ORANGE, Calif. - Support for the recall of California Gov. Gray Davis is slipping, a new opinion poll says, while Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante has opened a slim lead over Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Field Poll, set for release today, found that...

The tumultuous California recall race hurtles to a close today when millions of voters cast their ballots on whether to sweep Gray Davis from office and install a new governor to finish the remaining three years of his term. Davis and leading...

On the heels of recall playing cards, dolls and clothing ("I spent $1.7 million trying to attack democracy, and all I got was this stupid T-shirt"), now there's a recall wall calendar. Created by a San Diego company that sold knockoff Princess Diana...

The turmoil and uncertainty surrounding California's recall election appears likely to last at least a week, legal observers said Tuesday, as the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sought arguments on whether it should reconsider an order postponing the...

LOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former Mr. Universe who became a millionaire superstar in Hollywood action movies, announced yesterday that he would run for governor of California, setting the stage for a tumultuous two-month campaign to unseat...

In a city where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces criticism for not being liberal enough, California Republicans gathered this weekend to repair deep divides over how to appeal to an electorate that continues to trend away from the steady diet of...

Hours after the house passed a $26 billion jobs bill Tuesday, President Obama signed it into law. The new bill is designed in part to help thousands of teachers in Washington state keep their jobs. Sen. Patty Murray's office says up to 3,000 teacher...