Politics

Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) talks to reporters at the Capitol about a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants accused of certain crimes, as senators stand behind her. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Fresh off President Trump’s inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft … Read more

President Trump displays an executive order he signed at the inauguration event at Capital One Arena. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) President Donald Trump has begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1. With his first batch of memoranda and orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Biden’s actions, withdrew the U.S. from … Read more

Men seeking asylum are detained by the Border Patrol in Campo, Calif., after crossing the U.S.-Mexico in June 2024. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) President Trump took steps Monday to fundamentally and drastically change how the nation handles immigration, saying he would sign executive orders to ramp up deportations, declare a national emergency at … Read more

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg attends the inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Associated Press) President Trump’s inauguration on Monday in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at times seemed surreal. Hundreds of the world’s most powerful people — among them every living president as well as billionaire tech executives — crammed … Read more

President Donald Trump gives his inaugural address in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday. (Chip Somodevilla / Associated Press) During his inaugural address on Monday, President Trump blasted what he called a government unable to protect its own citizens in times of crisis — including the people of Southern California affected by the still-burning Palisades … Read more

President Trump, flanked by Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson, speaks after the inauguration. (Al Drago / Associated Press) President Trump quickly flexed the sweeping powers of the presidency during his second inauguration at the Capitol on Monday, signaling a slate of executive orders that would radically alter U.S. policy if allowed … Read more

Donald Trump and JD Vance on stage before taking their oaths of office. (Morry Gash / Associated Press) As Donald Trump strode purposefully into the Capitol Rotunda for his swearing-in as president, Gary Himelfarb had already had enough. “I’m getting sick just seeing him,” he said. “I feel sorry for you, Gary,” his friend Jack … Read more

Even in the heart of the most Biden-loving parts of Los Angeles County, the president is facing grumbles after his resounding failure of a performance at last week’s debate. “Biden needs to go sit down, have his medication and take a nap. His time is up,” said Daisy Williams, who voted for Biden in 2020 … Read more

Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1999. (Joe Ledford / Kansas City Star / AP) Just moments before leaving office, President Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was denied parole as … Read more

Former FBI Director Christopher Wray’s last day was Sunday. The longtime deputy director, Paul Abbate, who had been expected to replace Wray on an acting basis, is retiring from the bureau, according to an email he sent to senior executives and obtained by the Associated Press. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) Paul Abbate, who as … Read more