Meet California's New US Senator, Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris will change the U.S. Senate by walking through the door.
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Kamala Devi Harris will change the U.S. Senate by walking through the door.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday endorsed California Attorney General Kamala Harris to be the state's next U.S. senator.
Voters in the nation's most populous state have cast their ballots, bringing the six-month presidential primary almost to a close - Washington, D.C. holds the final contest next week - and culling the field in other races up and down the ballot.
California U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris claimed one of two spots in the November runoff Tuesday, moving the state attorney general into a potentially historic election.
Gov. Jerry Brown is endorsing Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris barely two weeks before California's June 7 primary election.
California's attorney general is supporting a bill to improve the public's ability to see information on police-involved shootings and assaults on officers more quickly.
California Democrats have overwhelmingly endorsed Attorney General Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate.
A popular figure on the California political scene since the 1990s, Harris is on many short lists to become the next Supreme Court justice.
Republicans are near-unanimous in demanding that President Barack Obama leave it to his successor to nominate a candidate to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. But the president insists he plans to come forward with a nominee - and that there's plenty of time for the Senate to weigh in.
Attorney General Kamala Harris released a troubling report that claims more than one in five elementary school students had three or more unexcused absences last school year and nearly a quarter million missed at least 10 percent of their class days
California elementary school truancy rates are up slightly despite efforts by nearly all the state's school districts to implement improved practices to reduce absenteeism.
California's attorney general is asking a judge to toss out a proposed ballot initiative that advocates killing anyone who engages in gay sex.
So far, California's U.S. Senate contest has been a snoozer.
U.S. Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez apologized Sunday after a videotape surfaced showing her making a whooping cry in reference to Native Americans that brought her a cascade of reprimands from fellow Democrats to posts on Twitter.
Democratic congresswoman Loretta Sanchez says she's entering the U.S. Senate race to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer.
It could be the biggest collapse in U.S. higher education, and it's hitting close to home.
Dozens of people trying to keep Heald College open rallied outside the California attorney general's office in Sacramento Friday.
Democrat Kamala Harris has raised $2.5 million since January for her U.S. Senate campaign in California.
Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer says he will not enter the race to succeed California Sen. Barbara Boxer.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris plans to become the first prominent Democrat to enter what's expected to be a full field in the 2016 race to replace Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate.
Source tells the AP that California Attorney General Kamala Harris will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Barbara Boxer.
Attorney General Kamala Harris is starting her final four years as California's top law enforcement officer this week with a major initiative aimed at protecting children.
AT&T has agreed to pay California authorities $23.3 million to settle allegations that it improperly disposed of hazardous waste over a nine-period.
The number of Californians whose personal data was hacked last year jumped sixfold to 18.5 million accounts and as many as one-third of those people will become victims of fraud, says California Attorney General Kamala Harris, in a new report on data breaches in the nation's biggest state.
Aaron's Inc. overcharged customers, omitted important contract disclosures and installed software that could track the keystrokes of people who rented computers and even activate webcams or microphones to record users, according to a complaint filed by Harris' office. Last year, Aaron's settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission over spyware installed on computers.
