The way legislators tell it, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the villain in the saga that has played out in the Capitol in recent months. First he took hostage a year’s worth of their work — about 1,000 pieces of legislation — threatening to veto the bills until lawmakers sent him a budget. Then, with a … Read more
For a soft-spoken, unfailingly polite university professor, Elizabeth Warren has a surprising knack for making people squirm — particularly on Wall Street. FOR THE RECORD: Elizabeth Warren: An article in Section A on Aug. 1 about Elizabeth Warren, a leading candidate to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, identified Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) From its opening moments, Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech made clear that no issue will shape the 2024 presidential election so much as voter attitudes toward America’s rapidly changing face. … Read more
Chairman Adam Schiff questioned Joseph Maguire, acting director of national intelligence, at a House committee hearing on Thursday that focused on the handling of a whistleblower complaint. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) President Trump called for the resignation of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Friday after the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee paraphrased … Read more
Soaring deductibles and medical bills are pushing millions of American families to the breaking point, fueling an affordability crisis that is pulling in middle-class households with health insurance as well as the poor and uninsured. In the last 12 years, annual deductibles in job-based health plans have nearly quadrupled and now average more than $1,300. … Read more
Mayor Karen Bass, left, and her disaster recovery czar, Steve Soboroff, right, talk with media at a burned out Ralphs grocery store in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 27. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Two horrific wildfires, four rebuilding committees and three or four consultants (so far) into 2025, Southern California got word that an … Read more
A home is engulfed by the Palisades fire along Haverford Avenue in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2025. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after over two dozen individuals were arrested in evacuation zones after the recent deadly wildfires in Los … Read more
President Trump with Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) A week after winning a court order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding, California and other states were back in court Friday to ask the judge to intervene once more, arguing the administration … Read more
It was all bonhomie and bromance when President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom met at LAX ahead of Trump’s tour of wildfire damage. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) Poor Gavin Newsom. The governor hasn’t swallowed this much indigestion-inducing fare since he visited the French Laundry. In the three weeks since Donald Trump took office, not … Read more
California moved a step closer Thursday to becoming a “sanctuary state” where local and state police would not assist federal enforcement of marijuana laws. The state Assembly approved a bill Thursday barring state and local law enforcement officers, absent a court order, from helping federal drug agents in arresting people who are complying with state … Read more
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