Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley) voted for the so-called Brady gun-control bill Wednesday, but did so only after supporting an unsuccessful competing measure that critics said would cripple gun-control efforts. Gallegly said he was not trying to placate both the numerous gun advocates and the many law enforcement officers in his district by voting for … Read more
Then-candidate Donald Trump speaks next to Richard Grenell during a presidential election campaign event last year. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) A senior Trump administration official has traveled to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro’s government to take back deported migrants who’ve committed crimes in the U.S. and release a handful of imprisoned Americans, a … Read more
Chuck Todd on the Washington set of “Meet the Press” in 2014. (William B. Plowman / NBC) Chuck Todd, a staple of Washington coverage for NBC News since 2007, is leaving the network. Todd, who moderated NBC’s “Meet the Press” from 2009 to 2024, told staffers Friday he is departing to pursue new projects on … Read more
Gov. Jerry Brown. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Times journalists annotated Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State speech. If you see a passage highlighted in yellow, you can click on it to see what we have to say about it. You can also highlight passages and leave your own comments. Below is the text … Read more
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, a Democrat running for governor of California, speaks with Cabrera Farms owner Ricky Cabrera at a strawberry field in Salinas, Calif. (David Butow / For The Times) A few dozen migrants from Mexico looked up from the Salinas Valley field where they were picking strawberries and watched Antonio … Read more
The shadow of former President Trump and far-right groups hangs over California’s recall election. Above, challenger Larry Elder, left, and Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Irfan Khan; Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) In less than a week, the final ballots will be cast in the recall election to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The results of … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to Vice President Kamala Harris before ceremonies marking the 103rd anniversary of Armistice Day on Thursday in Paris. (Ludovic Marin / Pool Photo ) When Vice President Kamala Harris toured an American military cemetery outside Paris this week, she stopped at the grave of a woman from Oakland who had … Read more
President Biden wants to create a $5-billion program to give grants and tax credits to local governments that start to eliminate exclusionary zoning rules. (Associated Press) The enduring image of the American Dream is owning a tidy single-family house behind a white picket fence in the suburbs. But for many people of color and low-income … Read more
She helped her husband start a far-right militia group. Now the Oath Keeper’s wife has regrets Looking back at the Capitol riot, Tasha Adams ponders her time as an Oath Keeper’s wife and asks: “What if I had not supported him?” “Him” is her estranged husband, Stewart Rhodes, founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, … Read more
President Trump takes questions from reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) The marathon Q&A sessions are back, along with the cream Oval Office rug and the Diet Coke button on the Resolute Desk. So, too, are the late-night social media posts that ricochet across the globe, … Read more
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