Politics

Conservatives and even some liberals are increasingly trying to peddle the muddled theory that cutthroat competition in a market economy is great for everyone, everywhere. That isn’t true even in America, where most often it is the average worker who gets bashed by unlimited competition while corporations increase their profits. A particularly grievous example is … Read more

For many with student loans, the interest hurts the most. This congressman would know Forty-three million Americans owe a collective $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt. About $85,400 of that belongs to Eric Swalwell. His debt has followed him from law school to the Alameda County district attorney’s office and the Dublin City Council. … Read more

The Supreme Court building in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) President Trump had predicted that the Supreme Court would finally decide who won this year’s presidential election, but if so, he lost again on Tuesday. Without comment or dissent, the high court turned away the first appeal from Trump supporters to reach the high … Read more

From the beginning, it was a case of opposite extremes: the gay Republican politico with a drug habit, whose best friend was a Hollywood celebrity known for her Democratic politics and her recovery from drug and alcohol abuse. But on Feb. 26, when R. Gregory Stevens died in Carrie Fisher’s home, the attraction of opposites … Read more

Nothing so clearly demonstrates the Clinton Administration’s capacity for getting things wrong on the economy than its apparent decision to make military conversion a footnote to its deficit-cutting agenda. By July 1, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will present Bill Clinton with its final recommendations for boarding up military bases across the country. … Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris and Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness met at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building beside the White House on Wednesday, the first time a Jamaican leader has visited the White House since 1995. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris — whose father emigrated from Jamaica — met … Read more

James Carville and Paul Begala are tossing around some harpoons they’d like to aim at George Bush in 1992. Carville waves his arms in big circles, his voice gets louder, his Southern accent more pronounced as the fantasy of the television commercial grows: “I can see a big flame–a red flare in the sky over … Read more

The following is a transcript of Donald Trump and Billy Bush talking off and on camera during a 2005 taping of an Access Hollywood segment. The footage was first obtained and released by the Washington Post. (Warning: Contains graphic language) What the mic captured during the 2005 ‘Access Hollywood’ segment: Donald Trump: You know and— Unidentified voice: … Read more

U.S. Secret Service agents surround former President Trump after he was shot at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press) The attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania almost immediately gave rise to internet conspiracy theories that experts say will influence how the … Read more

This letter is in reference to the article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times (June 11) regarding Gov. Wilson considering cuts in health-care services, such as a cap on nursing home stays, cuts in physicians’ fees and elimination of certain health services. As residents of a nursing home, many of us are on Medi-Cal … Read more