Politics

An aerial view of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) More than a month after the state ordered Los Angeles County’s sole juvenile hall shut down due to paltry staffing, a judge has once again spared the troubled facility from immediate closure. Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza punted a decision … Read more

California will not be able to reimburse state coffers the billions spent buying electricity during the energy crisis until August at the earliest, which will leave the state perilously close to running out of money this fall. Democrats and Republicans failed to come to terms Monday on emergency legislation that would authorize up to $13.4 … Read more

The Supreme Court building is seen, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear an Oklahoma case to decide whether the state must authorize a religious school as a public charter. The new church-state case could yield a potentially momentous decision that could change … Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President Trump as a “clever and pragmatic man” focused on U.S. interests. The relationship between the men has been much scrutinized. (Ramil Sitdikov / Associated Press) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed President Trump’s claim that the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the … Read more

Dr. Ben Carson, left, listens as President Trump speaks after touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington in February 2017. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded promotions and pay increases to five political operatives with no housing policy experience within their first … Read more

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, left, and FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks during a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Jonathan Newton / Associated Press) President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, was widely expected to make life more difficult for media organizations that weren’t aligned with the commander in chief’s agenda. In his first … Read more

In national terms, California is about as indelibly blue as the political process permits, but an unusually comprehensive exit poll of voters in Tuesday’s presidential election confirms that Los Angeles is perhaps the bluest of the blue; it is now more liberal and Democratic than the state as a whole. The nonpartisan, citywide survey was … Read more

President Trump on Thursday holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for antiabortion protesters. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) The new Justice Department leadership under President Trump issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law enforcement. … Read more

President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde speaks during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday. (Michael Buholzer / Associated Press) The European Central Bank’s president responded Friday to President Trump’s accusation of unfair trade treatment by calling for negotiations and mutual respect rather than focusing purely … Read more

People walk in an annual antiabortion march, from the Washington Monument to the Supreme Court, on Friday. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) President Trump vowed to support antiabortion-rights protesters in his second term as tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington on Friday. “We will again stand proudly for families and for life,” Trump … Read more