Politics

Relaxed, his hands in his pockets, John J. Sweeney thanked a cluster of home care employees for toiling at low pay as attendants to the infirm and the elderly. In an instant, the ruddy-cheeked labor leader had established an easy rapport with his audience of Latino and African American workers. “My mother was a domestic … Read more

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

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

‘How are we going to defend ourselves?’ Inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection Many Americans watched video footage of the crowd attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but few have a firsthand account of what happened inside. Three years ago, Times reporter Sarah D. Wire wrote about her experience, typing it out … Read more

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

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

Donald Trump arrives at his election night party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Donald Trump has soundly won another term as president and in perhaps the most stunning part of this election, it wasn’t even that close. As much as California is waking up to a new … Read more

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

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

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