Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the White House on Monday with President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson. (Melina Mara / Associated Press) Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the chief of the inaugural transition, acknowledged the difficulty of overseeing the handoff of power to President Trump in the site where his … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg brought gales of laughter at her old law school Friday when she explained why she started using the term gender discrimination instead of sex discrimination. “I owe it all to my secretary at Columbia Law School, who said, ‘I’m typing all these briefs and articles for you and the … Read more
The nights are long this time of year in Kasilof, Alaska, a small community of about 500 people south of Anchorage. And for Keith Laurie, they’re just a little bit longer. His 15-year-old son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes five years ago. A year later, Laurie, 56, lost his job with a chemical manufacturer. … Read more
The California Department of Insurance on Wednesday identified half a dozen insurance companies that issued slavery-era policies and posted the names of hundreds of slave owners and the slaves they insured on the agency’s Web site. For advocates of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves, the report provides a compendium of material that could … Read more
Trump orders federal agencies to recognize only two sexes that are ‘not changeable’ President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are “not changeable,” and reversing Biden administration directives on LGBTQ+ rights. One of the new orders says that “male” and “female” are defined based on reproductive … Read more
President Trump holds the hand of his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, after taking the oath of office. (Morry Gash / Associated Press) Hello and happy Tuesday. President Trump was sworn in to his second term on a cold but sunny Washington afternoon Monday, offering up multiple speeches that predictably veered from written-by-others remarks on … Read more
Some denounce it, some embrace it, and some say it simply isn’t a priority, but pork-barrel politicking has enabled San Fernando Valley-area congressmen to bring home more than $65 million in federal funds for hometown projects in the past three years. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Panorama City) is proud of his record in helping obtain … Read more
President Trump wants to unravel President Obama’s landmark agreement with Cuban President Raul Castro, above, whom Obama met in Havana in 2016. (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press) The Trump administration is considering restoring Cuba to the list of nations the U.S. accuses of sponsoring terrorism, an apparent effort to muddle President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump not only alleged widespread national voter fraud in a series of messages posted on Twitter on Sunday, but took the time in one tweet to target the ballots cast in California as an example of the problem. Trump called the fraud “serious” in the state, along with Virginia and New Hampshire, and … Read more
Liz Cheney is ‘riding for the brand’ in D.C. But back in Wyoming, the brand may be Trump Before she voted to impeach President Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney could depend on votes from Jon Nicolaysen. His family is ingrained into the DNA of Wyoming. P.C. Nicolaysen arrived around 1880, when the land was still a … Read more
Fire officials worry wind could push wildfire into B.C. town Monday
Could your house soon be in the metaverse as first UK nation joins?
Review: WWII heroism of Japanese Americans gets its due in ‘Go For Broke: An Origin Story’
British soldiers warned over Russian agents spying on their phones
This will close in 0 seconds