Politics

The House approved legislation Friday to create a Department of Homeland Security, with nearly all Republicans and many Democrats embracing the most significant government reorganization in more than 50 years. House passage of the homeland security bill, on a 295-132 vote, came less than two months after President Bush proposed the overhaul in response to … Read more

The Supreme Court majority is leaning into separation of powers as a way of combating progressive policies as it weakens church-state separation. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) The Constitution is famously built on checks and balances, but nowhere does it specifically call for a “separation of powers” or insist on a “separation of church … Read more

Former President Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally Wednesday in North Carolina. (Julia Nikhinson / Associated Press) Former President Trump, in a string of posts on his Truth Social platform, insulted Vice President Kamala Harris — whom he called “Comrade Kamala” — as she spoke Thursday night at the Democratic National … Read more

Justice David H. Souter is a conservative man in the old-fashioned sense of the term. A frugal New Englander, he sat in his court office with the lights turned off, writing long-hand on a yellow legal pad. Those who knew him said he hated to waste electricity. He wore the same gray suit year after … Read more

Rep. Brad Sherman often comes across as a nerdy, rumple-suited accountant type–which is, of course, exactly what he is. But when his House seat is at stake, Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) suddenly displays a much different personality, embracing bare-knuckled political pugilism with Mike Tyson-like bravado. This week was a prime example, as Sherman, a Harvard-educated tax … Read more

White House officials announced Friday they have found evidence that Mark Middleton, a former presidential aide, abused his White House access to impress business clients. He has been barred from entering the executive mansion without high-level approval, they said. The decision came in response to indications that Middleton, a former aide to presidential advisor Thomas … Read more

As Mary Walker tells her story–one of insult followed by outrage–her voice grows louder, her eyes wider. Then she shakes her head in disbelief. “There’s a place in San Antonio called ‘The Hill,’ which is predominantly black and known for crack dealers and crackheads,” said Walker, an African-American television reporter. “Well, because police officers called … Read more

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tips his hat during a fundraiser in 2019. Reid, who died in 2021, long helped pool resources to maximize support for candidates up and down the ballot. (John Locher / Associated Press) Nevada Democrats have found themselves in a bit of trouble. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has trailed her … Read more

The Trump International Hotel is near Cork Wine Bar, whose owners say President Trump is unfairly using the power of his post to lure business. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) President Trump can keep his hotel near the White House, in a building he leases from the government, a federal agency has decided, determining that … Read more

President Trump’s decision to abandon existing protections for young men and women in the United States without legal status drew a sharp rebuke from the administration of Gov. Jerry Brown and other California officials Tuesday, with some suggesting the state take its own extraordinary efforts to keep those immigrants from being deported. “California has its … Read more