Politics

In a new campaign commercial that immediately prompted charges of immigrant-bashing, Gov. Pete Wilson uses footage of illegal immigrants scurrying across the border to dramatize a problem that the governor has put at the top of his political agenda. The advertisement, which began airing Friday, describes the pressure Wilson has put on the federal government … Read more

Donald Trump once secretly approved an ad campaign insinuating that an American Indian tribe threatening his casinos had ties to drugs and the Mafia. He paid a $250,000 fine after an investigation uncovered his role. (Cliff Owen / Associated Press) Soon after an American Indian tribe announced plans to open a casino at a Catskills … Read more

A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk in June in front of a parking lot where the Venice Dell project has been planned at Venice Boulevard and Main Street in Venice. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The fate of a large proposed affordable-housing development along Venice’s famed canals remains murky this week after one … Read more

“The fact that I have come out of the most problematic circumstances of San Francisco to be mayor, and I’m here, and I have been able to serve, it is an absolute privilege,” Mayor London Breed says of her time in office. (Josh Edelson / For The Times) Mayor London Breed may have lost reelection, … Read more

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Former President Trump and President Biden traded personal insults in Thursday night’s debate. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press) The attacks between President Biden and former President Trump turned personal at Thursday night’s debate. Biden started the name-calling, recounting what a military general reportedly told him: that Trump called veterans “a bunch of losers and suckers.” … Read more

Bernie Sanders shaped this small city, and it gave him a moonshot to the national stage Strolling with her son by the lake, she spotted the telltale crown of flyaway hair. Bernie Sanders was sitting at a table with business people, eating an ice cream cone. Ashley Horton had to say something to the man … Read more

Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle is a noticeable drag on George Bush’s presidential race, with roughly half the voters believing that he would not be qualified to take over the nation’s leadership if ever called upon, the Los Angeles Times Poll has found. The survey also found some discouraging news for Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis: … Read more

With hours left in office, President Trump early Wednesday pardoned several dozen individuals including former campaign and White House advisor Stephen K. Bannon, charged with federal fraud and money laundering in an alleged scheme to defraud supporters of the president’s top-priority border wall. Bannon, who has pleaded not guilty, became the latest political ally to … Read more

Violent insurrectionists loyal to then-President Trump stand outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) Expanding its probe, the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to six more associates of former President Trump who were involved in his efforts to overturn his defeat in the … Read more