Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It was another in an unrelenting procession of Zoom fundraisers — the script familiar, the donors determined not to be deterred by technical glitches, and the candidate about to go through the motions — when Joe Biden revealed an expression of shock.“Wow,” he said as the camera flicked to him on his side porch, blooming flowers in the background. The event’s hosts — California Sen. Kamala Harris and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis — had just revealed that the hourlong exchange Tuesday evening would net his campaign $3.5 million.It was a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It was another in an unrelenting procession of Zoom fundraisers — the script familiar, the donors determined not to be deterred by technical glitches, and the candidate about to go through the motions — when Joe Biden revealed an expression of shock.“Wow,” he said as the camera flicked to him on his side porch, blooming flowers in the background. The event’s hosts — California Sen. Kamala Harris and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis — had just revealed that the hourlong exchange Tuesday evening would net his campaign $3.5 million.It was a...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It is a big promise from Silicon Valley to a nation looking for ways to be freed from home confinement: Smartphones could discreetly detect those who may have COVID-19 and nudge them to quarantine, blunting renewed outbreaks as Americans start to once again venture out.But as tech firms lay the foundation for a potentially massive digital contact-tracing infrastructure, Washington is grappling with whether such technology can work without becoming a hulking, invasive surveillance system.It is a vexing problem that could leave...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It is a big promise from Silicon Valley to a nation looking for ways to be freed from home confinement: Smartphones could discreetly detect those who may have COVID-19 and nudge them to quarantine, blunting renewed outbreaks as Americans start to once again venture out.But as tech firms lay the foundation for a potentially massive digital contact-tracing infrastructure, Washington is grappling with whether such technology can work without becoming a hulking, invasive surveillance system.It is a vexing problem that could leave...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As Democrats hastily rewrite their playbook for the pandemic era, targeting voter anxieties that now include medical testing, corporate bailouts and collapsing supply chains, one chapter is proving unexpectedly resonant. Its working title could be “Don’t Mess with USPS.”The financially imperiled post office — long a punching bag for the right — has become a surprisingly potent and resilient symbol for a anxious for unifying causes. President Trump’s persistent attacks on the institution amid the public health crisis, and his vows to...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As Democrats hastily rewrite their playbook for the pandemic era, targeting voter anxieties that now include medical testing, corporate bailouts and collapsing supply chains, one chapter is proving unexpectedly resonant. Its working title could be “Don’t Mess with USPS.”The financially imperiled post office — long a punching bag for the right — has become a surprisingly potent and resilient symbol for a anxious for unifying causes. President Trump’s persistent attacks on the institution amid the public health crisis, and his vows to...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As Joe Biden struggles to build on his narrow lead in the industrial Midwest states that favored Donald Trump four years ago, his campaign is increasingly focusing much farther west — on a former Republican stronghold that could prove crucial for Democrats in the fall.Arizona is fast becoming a central target of the Biden campaign as Trump . Its electorate is being reshaped, with suburban Republicans , Latinos poised to vote Democratic in record numbers and an influx of progressive newcomers from California.“We believe there will be...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As Joe Biden struggles to build on his narrow lead in the industrial Midwest states that favored Donald Trump four years ago, his campaign is increasingly focusing much farther west — on a former Republican stronghold that could prove crucial for Democrats in the fall.Arizona is fast becoming a central target of the Biden campaign as Trump . Its electorate is being reshaped, with suburban Republicans , Latinos poised to vote Democratic in record numbers and an influx of progressive newcomers from California.“We believe there will be...WW…