Politics

Elon Musk appears at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) While he was building rockets and electric cars and becoming the world’s richest man, Elon Musk mostly stayed out of politics, donating relatively modest amounts to candidates from both parties and voting for Democrats for president, including Barack Obama … Read more

Jordan’s King Abdullah II departs the White House after meeting with President Trump at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Jordan’s King Abdullah II, long one of the United States’ closest allies, visited the White House on Tuesday to tell President Trump why a mass expulsion of Palestinians from … Read more

Former President Trump smiles Monday at the Republican National Convention as he is cheered by his running mate, J.D. Vance, right. His sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric cheer in the background. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As former President Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination he laid out his vision for running the … Read more

President Barack Obama, joined by his miniskirt-clad daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, center, speaks during the presidential turkey pardoning ceremony, an annual Thanksgiving tradition. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) The mini-uproar GOP staffer Elizabeth Lauten created when she took to Facebook to criticize President Barack Obama’s daughters has led to Lauten’s resignation from her position … Read more

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia, has been released, the White House announced on Tuesday. Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Trump, left Russian airspace with Fogel, who is from Pennsylvania, and he was expected to be reunited … Read more

SIXTY YEARS AGO, California experienced a unique moment in its fractious political history. In the primary of the governor’s race of 1946, Republican voters unsurprisingly picked incumbent Earl Warren to again represent the GOP in the November election. What was remarkable, however, was what the state’s Democrats did: They nominated him too. That sealed the … Read more

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife’s income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least five years, the watchdog group Common Cause said Friday. Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, earned $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, according to a Common Cause review of … Read more

An immigrant from Haiti holds his baby while waiting with hundreds of people from his country who came to Tijuana in the hope of applying for asylum across the border in the U.S. (Tyrone Beason / Los Angeles Times) As a Black man in America, I’ve always struggled to embrace a country that promotes the … Read more

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says there is decades of evidence that mifepristone, along with the drug misoprostol, is safe and effective. (Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press) Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading antiabortion groups oppose: … Read more

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, center, leaves Manhattan federal court last year. The indictment against Adams alleges he accepted illegal campaign contributions and expensive flight upgrades and luxury hotel stays while serving in his previous job as Brooklyn borough president. (Kena Betancur / Associated Press) The criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric … Read more