A 16-year-old transgender high school athlete leans back on a track hurdle in Riverside in January. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) California Gov. Gavin Newsom — an outspoken champion of LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco — publicly criticized the “unfairness” of transgender athletes participating in women’s sports in his new … Read more
President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Monday. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images) In a dizzying turn, President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. would temporarily reverse the sweeping tariffs it imposed just days ago on most Mexican products. In a post on Truth Social, Trump … Read more
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is removed from the chamber as President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. (Win McNamee / Associated Press) The House on Thursday voted to censure an unrepentant Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting President Trump’s address to Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) … Read more
Assemblyman Jim Costa (D-Fresno), who was cited last Saturday for soliciting an act of prostitution, issued a printed public apology Thursday, admitting an “error in judgment.” “I am very human. I am here today to accept the blame for my action and to admit my mistake,” Costa stated in a press release issued in Sacramento … Read more
William F. Buckley’s question and answer commentary (Jan. 19) was full of big-sounding words, but short on basic truths. The basic truth is that a lot of Americans find the Confederate flag to be appalling and they are looking carefully at politicians’ reaction to this flag. If the GOP bungles this, they can expect single-digit … Read more
Jack Schaef, who survived a rare childhood eye cancer, participating in the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Cadet for a Day program in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Colorado Foundation in 2023. (Justin R. Pacheco / U.S. Air Force) If you want to make this country great, imagine the strength of a nation whose children have been … Read more
Presidents Biden, from left, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet at the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City on Jan. 10, 2023. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) President Biden, Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a series of new … Read more
Njyrten Joannou, an oncology nurse at the Havelhöhe cancer clinic in Berlin, prepares a patient for chemotherapy. Even for expensive cancer drugs, German patients rarely have to pay more than 10 euros, or $11, for medications. (Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times) Patients who come to the Havelhöhe cancer clinic in the leafy outskirts … Read more
Amanda Litman and Ross Morales Rocketto launched the Democratic activist group Run For Something, which encourages people under 35 to seek elected office. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) The night Hillary Clinton lost the White House, Amanda Litman cried so hard she threw up. In Atlanta, as the returns rolled in, Traci Feit Love … Read more
Most Americans say they are now prepared to support George W. Bush as president, even though a solid plurality believes that–if the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed the vote count to continue–Al Gore would have won Florida and the presidency, a Los Angeles Times Poll has found. From virtually every angle, the poll underscores the … Read more
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