Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass listens as her disaster recovery czar, Steve Soboroff, talks during a news conference at Palisades Recreation Center on Jan. 27. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) As Los Angeles begins the long, arduous task of recovering from the devastating Palisades fire, Mayor Karen Bass has tapped a number … Read more
Former Vice President Joe Biden at Thursday’s Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press) One of Joe Biden’s proudest childhood accomplishments was a five-minute speech to his all-boys Catholic high school in Delaware. The assignment was routine — a public-speaking requirement for all students. But for Biden, it was a … Read more
President Trump’s new, revised travel ban retreats on nearly every issue that triggered chaos in airports and lawsuits in federal courts across the nation. It will not apply to foreign students, engineers, tourists and relatives who are traveling to this country or temporarily traveling abroad. It is “prospective in nature — applying only to foreign … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Arizona’s new ban on virtually all abortions Friday in Tucson, a day before making similar remarks during a surprise appearance in Century City. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday continued to hammer Arizona’s new abortion ban and former President Trump’s role … Read more
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in December. (Carolyn Kaster / AP) President Trump directed his White House counsel to tell Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions to not recuse himself from the Justice Department’s investigation into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, according to a person familiar … Read more
Rep. Pat Schroeder offered an olive branch Saturday to Navy aviators disciplined last year for attacking her in two vulgar skits and denied charges that she ruined dozens of careers by pressing for an aggressive investigation of the Tailhook sex scandal. Schroeder, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, explained her position against sexual … Read more
Democrat Dr. Kermit Jones, left, and Republican Kevin Kiley are vying to represent a vast congressional district stretching along the Eastern Sierra. (Getty) Republican Assemblymember Kevin Kiley and Democrat Dr. Kermit Jones are vying to represent the largely rural 3rd Congressional District, which stretches hundreds of miles from the southern tip of Lassen Volcanic National … Read more
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions Saturday at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Canada. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP) Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Trump gave him a direct order to allow a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes to retire without losing his SEAL status. Esper told … Read more
In a much-needed victory for his young Administration, President Clinton’s sweeping economic program of tax increases and spending cuts cleared its final congressional hurdle Friday night, when the Senate narrowly approved it, 51 to 50, on a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Al Gore. Immediately after the outcome was announced, cheers erupted from the … Read more
Embarking on a path that has frustrated many before him, President Clinton on Wednesday ordered a crash six-month program to find ways to cut the costs and improve the performance of the federal government. The “national performance review,” will be headed by Vice President Al Gore, and based, at least loosely, on a recent Texas … Read more
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