Cheney, CIA Long at Odds

For more than a decade, Dick Cheney has tussled with the CIA, first as secretary of Defense and later as vice president. Now that long and tortured history forms the backdrop of a federal probe into who named an undercover agency officer — an inquiry that is centering in part on Cheney’s office. Special Prosecutor … Read more

A Sophisticated Look at Why Dewey Didn’t Defeat Truman

“The Last Campaign” is a lively retelling of one of the oddest yet most interesting presidential campaigns of the 20th century. Despite its subtitle, it is not confined to Truman’s winning “Give ‘em hell” campaign but covers with equal thoroughness the glacial but principled campaign of Republican Thomas E. Dewey; the mystical, self-defeating campaign of … Read more

California Senate leader Kevin de León announces he will challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein

California Senate leader Kevin de León on Sunday launched a bid to challenge fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein for her U.S. Senate seat, saying he is ready to wage a more aggressive fight against President Trump’s conservative agenda. “We’re overdue for a real debate on the issues, priorities and leadership voters want from their senator,” De … Read more

With deportations at the top of Trump’s list, California immigrants ‘prepare for the worst’

Marcos Sanchez and others listened to representatives from the TODEC Legal Center during a “Know Your Rights” session in Riverside. (Mark Boster/For The Times) The morning after former President Trump won a second term on a promise to deport millions of immigrants, a line formed outside a Riverside County legal aid organization before it had … Read more

DNC says Harris has a delegate majority. This is how its virtual roll call process works

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally Tuesday in Atlanta. (John Bazemore / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee, according to Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison, but it’s not time for the balloon drop just yet. Harrison made the announcement Friday, but … Read more

U.S. hits Iran with new sanctions as punishment for ‘brutal’ crackdown on protesters

A demonstrator cuts her hair during an Oct. 2 rally in Istanbul against the Iranian government’s crackdown on protests after the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian custody. (Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images) With efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal languishing, the Biden administration on Wednesday hit Tehran with a new batch of economic … Read more

Our Elderly Deserve Better

Last summer Washington’s Government Accounting Office ripped Sacramento officials for failing to discipline hundreds of grossly negligent California nursing homes. Now, a year later, the state has yet to take action on oversight, leading some reform advocates to ask whether it ever will. They point out that the GAO study identified the same problems that … Read more

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