Politics

A person uses a Juul vape pen. (Getty Images) By the time Juul’s co-creator stood before a tech audience in April 2016, ads for the e-cigarette aimed to distance the product from a toxic past: “Our company has its roots in Silicon Valley, not in fields of tobacco.” But when James Monsees, a soon-to-be billionaire, … Read more

Is Newt Gingrich Seamus — er, shameless? As the former House speaker fights for his campaign life in South Carolina, he’s pulled out all the stops to try and slow Mitt Romney down. He’s ripped Romney’s private-sector record as a venture capitalist. He’s hammered Romney’s work as Massachusetts governor. And now, he’s let the dog … Read more

Republican Steve Garvey, left, is the target in Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s new TV ad. Some of Schiff’s fellow Democrats are crying foul. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times; Jose Luis Magana / AP ) Adam B. Schiff is running a new TV spot in his bid for U.S. Senate, and to hear the outcry … Read more

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Bush’s nominations of attorneys Percy Anderson and Jack Walter to become federal district court judges in Los Angeles. Anderson, 52, and Walter, 57, were tapped for federal judgeships by Bush’s father in 1992. However, their nominations died without action by the Senate in the waning days of his … Read more

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during Monday night’s debate. (Paul J. Richards / AFP/Getty Images) Donald Trump said he did a “great job and great service” in raising questions on President Obama’s birthplace, but the GOP nominee continued to stoke doubts about Obama’s heritage long after the president released definitive proof of his Hawaii … Read more

Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, right, at a Jan. 11 press conference. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) The union that represents more than 3,000 Los Angeles city firefighters renewed its support for Fire Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday, denouncing an anonymous letter that accused her of mishandling the response to the massively destructive Palisades fire. United … Read more

It appears likely that the AFL-CIO will not endorse a candidate during the primaries, labor leaders gathered here said Wednesday. Gerald W. McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and William H. Wynn, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers, two of the labor federation’s largest affiliates, as well … Read more

FBI agents carry boxes out of a home associated with then-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao during a June raid. (MediaNews Group / Getty Images) Federal officials announced Friday that they have indicted former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on bribery charges, along with her longtime boyfriend and a father-son team who run the company on contract for … Read more

Sunset at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2022. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) For years, Los Angeles city employees could communicate through Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours. Even after the practice, which was sanctioned by the city, was uncovered last year by a community … Read more

Former President Trump with his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, inside the convention hall Monday night. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) J.D. Vance once positioned himself to Republican voters as an alternative to Donald Trump, questioning his ability to solve the problems of average Americans and branding Trump as “cultural heroin.” But in time the … Read more