WHEN Shinzo Abe meets Dick Cheney in Japan this week, a special kind of chemistry will be in effect. The hawkish Japanese prime minister and the bellicose U.S. vice president, self-described friends, have more in common than declining poll numbers. They both have war on their minds. What we have on the one side is … Read more
One of Washington’s nastiest political dramas will break into the open Tuesday when hearings begin before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the nomination of former White House National Security Advisor Anthony Lake as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Lake will face off against his chief tormentor, Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), who chairs the … Read more
Thousands of beachgoers celebrating summer in Huntington Beach. California’s nearly unbroken history of population growth is an affirmation not just of the state’s weather and lifestyle but the promise it holds to many. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) California is growing again, news that comes as a relief, vindication or vexation, depending on … Read more
Former President Carter teaching Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., in 2019. (Associated Press) Former President Carter has entered hospice care, having decided to avoid “additional medical intervention,” the Carter Center announced Saturday. The 98-year-old former president made his decision after recent hospitalizations, according to the Carter Center, a nonprofit group set … Read more
The last time Democrats came this close to completely dominating the state Capitol was after the post-Watergate election of 1976. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Even in this bluest of states, the one-party control of California just won by Democrats is phenomenal. The 2018 elections fulfilled a best-scenario dream for the party and became a … Read more
Ukrainian refugees Vladyslav Kohut, wife Oleksandra and son Maksym get help from Abdullah Zikria at the World Refugee Day event in June in downtown L.A. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Below the radar of Washington’s highly partisan battles over the U.S.-Mexico border, employment gains for immigrant women in the U.S. are reaching record levels, … Read more
Congressman Gary A. Franks remembers taking a road trip through Ithaca, N.Y., with the Yale basket ball team. He and teammate Leroy Watkins stopped at a diner there, found seats and waited. Four white players walked in and were served. But it wasn’t until Franks upended a salt shaker, spilling its contents on the floor, … Read more
Bob Michel is going to call it quits. Soon. Very soon. There are signs, unmistakable signs, that “the other Bob,” not as flamboyant, as contentious, as fiery as Bob Dole, but nonetheless the titular leader of the Republican minority in the House, is not going to seek reelection next year. Some of the signs are … Read more
News Analysis: Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost? The last time I was in El Salvador, nearly a decade ago, the capital was gripped by the violence of gangs who terrified people — dictating where they could shop, work, go to school or even cross a street. Homicides were mounting steadily, … Read more
More than half a century ago in Seoul, Jay C. Kim’s mother had an auspicious dream about the baby she was carrying. A maiden in flowing Korean attire offered her three magnificent jade hairpins, and she chose one. Catching a glimpse of herself in a mirror, she was pleased. Awakening, she was certain that her … Read more
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