‘Come On In’ : Gary and Lee Hart Offer a Rare Look at Their Private Life in Troublesome Gulch

The scene was a baggage carrousel at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. It was nearly midnight and the place was forlorn, almost deserted. Outside, the wind whipped at piles of dirty snow. Gary Hart stood waiting for his luggage to drop. By his side–as she is almost always now–was his wife, Lee. Nearby were three reporters … Read more

Biden making confidence-building trip to China

Vice President Joe Biden leaves Washington on Tuesday for a week-long tour of East Asia, where he is expected to preach confidence about the nation’s financial well-being and work to build a relationship with the future leadership of its largest foreign creditor. The White House is billing the trip to China, Mongolia and Japan as … Read more

State Can Take Action on Health

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

Column: Trump asks why Harris hasn’t done all she’s promised. The answer: Because she’s VICE president

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

First Brother Roger Is Married in Texas : Nuptials: The President is best man and reassures the nervous bridegroom at Dallas ceremony. Child is due in about a month.

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

Let’s Not Repeat the Fiscal Policy Mistakes of the Early 1930s

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

Column: The weird saga of Peter Navarro, from California environmentalist to Trump henchman

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

Couple die in crash on 405

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

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