Politics

Vice President JD Vance arrives at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday. (Jim Watson / Associated Press) The Danish foreign minister Saturday scolded the Trump administration for its “tone” in criticizing Denmark and Greenland, saying his country is already investing more into Arctic security and remains open to more cooperation with the U.S. Foreign … Read more

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center, is flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, left, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe during a Senate hearing on worldwide threats Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) The Trump administration’s use of a popular messaging app to discuss sensitive military plans — with a journalist on the text … Read more

Rose Bouziane Nader, a Lebanese immigrant and author who raised a family of civic activists — including her son, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader — has died. She was 99. She died Friday at her Winsted, Conn., home “peacefully and in no pain” just 18 days before her 100th birthday, Ralph Nader … Read more

Republican Sen. Jesse Helms, icon of ultra-conservatives, defeated Democrat Harvey Gantt, the former mayor of Charlotte, winning a fourth term and snuffing out his challenger’s dream of becoming the nation’s only black senator. With 94% of the vote counted, Helms led 53% to 47%, a comfortable 130,000-vote margin. Shortly before midnight, a feisty Helms addressed … Read more

Cally Houck lost both her daughters in 2004 when they lost control of their rental car and it swerved into a truck. (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times) Raechel and Jacqueline Houck had a five-hour drive from their mother’s Ojai home north to Santa Cruz. They wanted to see some friends along the way … Read more

Gavin Newsom, right, shakes hands with his father, William Newsom, a former justice of the state Court of Appeal, who swore his son into office as lieutenant governor in 2011. Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom is shown in the middle. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) William Newsom, a retired state appellate court justice and … Read more

Four years ago, as the California State Teachers’ Retirement System still was recovering from the dot-com bust at the turn of the decade, its leaders learned some troubling news. The pension fund was $20 billion short on money needed to pay retirees over the next 30 years. But rather than hike contributions from teachers and … Read more

It was the simplest of political chores, a no-brainer. All Bill Bradley had to do was wade into a crowd of shoppers and troll for votes. But little in his fading campaign for the presidency, little in his outsized life, has come simply. Inching his way through the crowded aisles in a suburban New Hampshire … Read more

Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) speaks at the state Capitol in Sacramento in 2016. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) has been removed from all of her committee posts after facing accusations of sexual harassment, with the investigation into her conduct coming to a close Thursday. A former legislative staffer who … Read more

Former President Trump is interviewed by journalist Rachel Scott at the annual convention of the National Assn. of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) It wasn’t a debate. It was train wreck interview, and no one from Donald Trump’s party has called on him to step out of the presidential race … Read more