A person walks past a pride flag this month at Casa Frida, a shelter that supports LGBTQ+ migrants, in Tapachula, in Mexico’s Chiapas state. (Moises Castillo / Associated Press) Ana Esquivel no longer feels like her heart stops every time she sees a police officer. “We’ve been told that they won’t harass or mistreat us … Read more
“Ghost guns” on display in 2019 at San Francisco police headquarters. (Haven Daley / Associated Press) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a federal ban on the sale of parts kits that permit unlicensed gun owners to make firearms at home which cannot be traced by the police. In a 7-2 decision, the justices agreed … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, second from right, walks outside the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials Wednesday, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timing of warplane launches and … Read more
In a stinging rebuke to President Bush, Earvin (Magic) Johnson resigned Friday from the National Commission on AIDS, complaining that the Administration has “utterly ignored” the panel’s work and saying the epidemic “cannot be fought with lip service and photo opportunities.” In his resignation letter to Bush, Johnson wrote: “I am disappointed that you have … Read more
Sunday evening at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, Rep. Maxine Waters stood side-by-side with the Rev. Jesse Jackson at a rally for him. Wednesday night, the freshman congresswoman from Los Angeles climbed the podium at the Democratic National Convention to second the presidential nomination of Bill Clinton. Those appearances vividly underscored the difficult role Waters has played … Read more
When Joseph E. Schmitz took over as the Pentagon’s inspector general in 2002, the largest watchdog organization in the federal government was under fire for failing to fully investigate a senior official, falsifying internal documents and mistreating whistle-blowers. He publicly pledged to clean it up. Three years later, similar accusations now surround Schmitz. For the … Read more
Drivers protest in front of the Uber Greenlight Hub in Los Angeles in 2024. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) In early 2020, thousands of drivers — led by Southern California advocacy group Rideshare Drivers United — filed claims with the state against Uber and Lyft. They alleged the companies had illegally treated them as … Read more
Three front-runners to fill the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by retiring John Paul Stevens are distinguished not just by their legal credentials but by qualities designed to appeal to particular political constituencies. One of them, Diane Wood, has strong appeal for liberals. The other two, Elena Kagan and Merrick Garland, could attract support … Read more
In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks in Washington. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The late Justice Antonin Scalia left a long legacy on the Supreme Court, from his devotion to originalism to his sharp-tongued rhetoric. But the enthusiastic hunter and fisherman also set a precedent of sorts on how to take … Read more
As he rejected a bipartisan compromise to resolve the standoff over so-called Dreamers, President Trump asked participants in an Oval Office meeting Thursday why the United States should accept immigrants from “shithole countries” in Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, according to two people briefed on the meeting. “What do we want Haitians here for?” … Read more
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