
The United States is committed to a more comprehensive strategy to maintain vigilance in the face of continuing cyber threats to the nation, President Barack Obama said this week, vowing to ramp up the U.S. cyber defense apparatus.
by Jordan Schachtel11 Jun 2015, 9:02 AM PST0

Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer after 2016. With strong support among Latino voters in California, Villaraigosa was seen as a major potential threat to Attorney General Kamala Harris, who was the first to declare for the seat.
by Joel B. Pollak24 Feb 2015, 10:41 PM PST0

The Black Conservatives Fund (BCF), a political action committee (PAC) that declares it is “committed to turning out the black vote and elect black conservatives at every level of government,” has launched a fundraising drive around an effort to draft former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to run for U.S. Senate in California to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). A recent poll showed that Rice outperformed all other candidates, actual and potential, from either major party.
by Joel B. Pollak24 Feb 2015, 8:20 AM PST0

California attorney general Kamala Harris, who recently announced a run to replace outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) next year, said Wednesday that she is “not morally opposed” to marijuana legalization in the state, calling it “an inevitability.”
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Feb 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

The leader in the race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in America’s most liberal state is… Republican Condoleezza Rice, according to a new Field Poll released Wednesday. Rice, the former Secretary of State and Stanford don, is backed by 49% of voters–ahead of Attorney General Kamala Harris, the liberal Democrat who was the first to declare.
by Joel B. Pollak18 Feb 2015, 6:27 AM PST0