Lauren Gambino

Xavier Becerra has advanced to the November general election in California's gubernatorial race, cementing a stunning come-from-behind primary victory in one of California's most turbulent campaign seasons in recent memory.

Xavier Becerra, the former Biden cabinet official whose California gubernatorial campaign survived a deeply underwhelming start, has advanced to the general election, in a stunning reverse of political fortune.

In late March, his polling hovered near 3%, but in a stunning reversal Becerra has advanced to the general election

An appeals court in Washington DC rejected an emergency appeal seeking to pause the removal of Donald Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center on Friday.

LIVE – Updated at 23:37 Democrats could replace Platner on the ballot if he ends his campaign by 13 July; woman accuses him of removing condom without consent, Washington Post reports.

After the implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign, four Guardian staffers discuss why his supporters ignored the red flags for so long

Nordone was 13 when brother became her legal guardian – and was a key presence as he rose in the Republican ranks

When Lindsey Graham was in college, his parents died, just over a year apart. But he worried most about his sister, who, at 13, was suddenly an orphan.

Darline was 13 when her brother became her legal guardian – and was a key presence as he rose in the Republican ranks

‘Lindsey has always been there for me. Now I will be there for him,’ says newly sworn-in senator (62)