Politics

With a string of important endorsements this week, Antonio Villaraigosa has emerged as the favorite of much of the Democratic Party establishment in his bid to become mayor of Los Angeles. The former Assembly speaker won the backing early in the week of the county’s largest labor organization, its biggest gay Democratic club and the … Read more

President Trump announces a temporary end to the partial government shutdown Friday in the White House Rose Garden. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) President Trump on Friday announced a deal to temporarily end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, capitulating — for now — on his demand for billions of taxpayer dollars to build … Read more

Attorney Richard Ruggieri won a $24-million judgment against California gun maker Bryco Arms and its owner on behalf of Brandon Maxfield, who was 7 when he was shot by a defective Bryco gun, rendering him a quadriplegic. He’s still trying to collect. (Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times) For Californians, this has been a pretty … Read more

Anxiety over the nation’s economy has brought the Democrats within range of President Bush in the 1992 campaign, but the party remains hindered by doubts about its ability to produce prosperity, a new Los Angeles Times Poll has found. Less than three months before the first primary, in New Hampshire, the survey shows that none … Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo reach out to shake hands at the end of a news conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City on Wednesday (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported … Read more

Lynsey Kwon moved back to California and works as a registered nurse at Pomona Valley Hospital in Pomona. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Nurses — those indispensable healthcare workers in desperately short supply nationwide — are streaming into California, a striking contrast to the recent flight of thousands of frustrated residents to other parts … Read more

In a blow to the cornerstone of President Bush’s domestic agenda, the Senate voted by a surprisingly wide margin Friday to approve a budget that would slash his proposed $1.6-trillion tax cut to about $1.2 trillion. Bush and his GOP allies were forced to accept the smaller tax cut after failing to persuade a handful … Read more

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee say billionaire Elon Musk and his staff have been given access to sensitive data and classified secrets. (Kevin Lamarque / Associated Press) Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are demanding answers after they say President Trump gave billionaire Elon Musk and his staff access to sensitive data and classified … Read more

George W. Bush said Friday that Al Gore was being hypocritical for lambasting oil companies for high gas prices when the vice president once advocated raising gas taxes to encourage conservation. The remarks came as Gov. Bush got his presidential campaign back in swing the day after a controversial execution in Texas kept him mostly … Read more

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) departs the Senate chamber following a vote at the U.S. Capitol. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) The U.S. military is one of few American institutions that still reliably receives bipartisan support in Congress. Democratic and Republican lawmakers, eager to demonstrate their commitment to the defense apparatus, often brag about backing … Read more