Joe Biden’s campaign manager is downplaying the significance of Iowa and New Hampshire and prepping supporters for an extended presidential primary season three days before the Iowa caucuses begin the 2020 nominating process. Greg Schultz wrote in a Friday memo to supporters that was obtained by The Associated Press that Biden will be competitive in Iowa. But he said the…

A Los Angeles teachers’ strike that sent thousands of shouting educators into downtown streets, paralyzing traffic during a rainstorm and leaving a half-million students in uncertainty, isn’t the kind of publicity Mayor Eric Garcetti needed for his potential presidential campaign.