Politics

Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, pictured at a rally last month in Lincoln Heights, came out a winner in this year’s batch of council committee assignments. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, giving you the info on … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk railed against a bipartisan funding proposal in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims. (Brandon Bell / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented … Read more

President Biden walks off the stage during a break in his debate against former President Trump in June. Biden’s lackluster performance prompted calls for him to end his reelection campaign. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press) President Biden withdrew from the presidential race Sunday and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic … Read more

A newly elected state lawmaker who called for the killing of police officers in certain cases resigned Wednesday under pressure from his party and the voters. Rep. Tom Alciere, a Republican from Nashua, informed the secretary of state and the House speaker of his resignation in a letter. Alciere, 41, had said earlier this week … Read more

The resume of Sen. Kamala Harris, pictured in 2003, includes stints as the top prosecutor for San Francisco and, later, the state of California. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times) When Kamala Harris looks back on her first campaign, a run for San Francisco district attorney, she remembers a brutal awakening. “San Francisco is hard-knocks … Read more

A man wears a “Let’s Go Brandon” hat in 2022. One vendor who sells merchandise with the anti-Biden slogan said he would switch to a new phrase: “Let’s Go Brenda.” (Bloomberg via Getty Images) Vincent Scuzzese runs a store in New Jersey named Let’s Go Brandon. Yes, that Let’s Go Brandon, the pro-Trump mantra gracing … Read more

Whoops! That’s how some Clinton administration political allies may have felt on Monday after President Clinton vetoed a special tax sweetener for sugar-beet farmers, only to see his action quickly sour. At first blush, the tax measure no doubt looked like a perfect candidate: Congressional calculations suggested the major beneficiary was likely to be Dallas … Read more

The disclosure of a memo written by James B. Comey saying that President Trump had asked him to shut down the FBI’s investigation of former national security advisor Michael Flynn followed months of intrigue. Trump has frequently belittled investigations underway into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. His comments, often on Twitter, have only … Read more

Vice President Joe Biden often joked on the campaign trail about his wife’s lofty educational achievements. She had two master’s degrees and had already worked for nearly a quarter-century as a college community instructor. But he had a better idea. “Why don’t you go out and get a doctorate and make us some real money?” … Read more

Their political careers were not without controversy, but Southern California benefited from the contributions of both Rep. Edward R. Roybal (D-Los Angeles) and Rep. Mervyn M. Dymally (D-Compton) during their many years of public service. Both men announced this week they will retire from Congress, Roybal at 75 and Dymally at 66. Roybal was the … Read more