Politics

‘How are we going to defend ourselves?’ Inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection Many Americans watched video footage of the crowd attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but few have a firsthand account of what happened inside. Three years ago, Times reporter Sarah D. Wire wrote about her experience, typing it out … Read more

Most Americans with health insurance get it through their employers, so it stands to reason that our now-prosperous economy would result in more people having decent health insurance. But the opposite appears to be happening. A Census Bureau survey finds that the percentage of uninsured Americans has jumped to 16.4%, the highest rate in a … Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times; Julia Nikhinson / Associated Press) He’s called her Laffin’ Kamala and Lyin’ Kamala. Crazy Kamala and Comrade Kamala. He’s described the vice president as lazy, dumb and antisemitic. (Even though her husband is Jewish, so maybe Donald Trump should throw in … Read more

Donald Trump arrives at his election night party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Donald Trump has soundly won another term as president and in perhaps the most stunning part of this election, it wasn’t even that close. As much as California is waking up to a new … Read more

President Clinton’s free-spirited brother Roger turned into the traditional stammering groom for a few minutes Saturday as he wed Molly Martin, with the President looking on approvingly. In a 20-minute ceremony at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Roger Clinton struggled for words, and at one point grabbed his brother’s hand for reassurance. He danced … Read more

Passage of the President’s five-year deficit-reduction legislation raises the possibility that we will do what we last did in the early 1930s. We will enact policies that will depress an economy that if anything could use a boost. Fiscal policy is about to tighten significantly in the name of deficit reduction, while monetary policy may … Read more

In a failed political career, Peter Navarro went through many incarnations before ending up a lackey for President Trump. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times) Peter Navarro wasn’t always a sad, whiny insurrectionist. There was a time the former White House trade advisor and Trump henchman was all bright, shiny promise. In the early 1990s, running as … Read more

The daughter and son-in-law of Assemblywoman Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) were killed over the weekend in a car crash near Los Angeles International Airport, officials said Monday. Emilia and Michael Wright, both 23, were married this year. They met while students at Loyola Marymount University, where Emilia was due to graduate in December. According to … Read more

President Trump announces Thursday that the United States is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord. (Shawn Thew / EPA) In deciding to pull out of the global climate change accord, President Trump seems to be calculating that he can win the White House the same way twice. His lengthy — and disputed — economic and … Read more

More than a few people in Sacramento call Assemblywoman Diane Martinez (D-Monterey Park) “Miss Congeniality”–a joke about her combative approach, her feuds with legislators of both parties and her take-no-prisoners approach to her job. And, in spite of her incumbency and support of the Democratic leadership, some are predicting that she is going to need … Read more