Politics

In nearly four years, a national DNA database — which is shared with law enforcement agencies nationwide — added more than 1.5 million noncitizen profiles. (Elana Marie / For De Los ) Routine collection of immigrants’ DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in … Read more

Media mogul Haim Saban, shown in 2018, criticized President Biden’s decision to put a weapons shipment to Israel on hold. (Willy Sanjuan / Invision) Democratic mega-donor and Hollywood media mogul Haim Saban slammed President Biden’s decision to put a shipment of weapons to Israel on hold because they could be used in an offensive against … Read more

Republicans have scored points in the long-running political fund-raising scandal. Between videos of President Bill Clinton embracing a fund-raiser with close ties to Asian businesses and saffron-robed Buddhist nuns justifying a money-raising lunch attended by Vice President Al Gore, pressure is building for the appointment of an independent counsel to examine the Democrats’ scramble for … Read more

Violent protesters, loyal to then-President Trump, storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (John Minchillo / Associated Press) America is restless, armed, divided and angry. Days away from one of the most defining elections in its history, the nation faces the growing specter of political violence. Donald Trump since July has survived an assassination … Read more

Dozens of women in California prisons were sterilized without the required approval of a state medical committee, officials said. Some of the women say they felt coerced to undergo the surgery, and now state lawmakers are calling for an investigation. “Pressuring a vulnerable population — including at least one documented instance of a patient under … Read more

The only argument of substance being raised against Proposition 11 is that taking legislative redistricting away from self-serving legislators would hurt minority communities. But now a nonpartisan think tank debunks that notion. Prop. 11 would strip away the Legislature’s power to draw its own districts and turn over the once-a-decade chore to a 14-member independent … Read more

A madly spinning news cycle has characterized the Trump presidency since Day One: Controversies that might once have played out over a week rise and fall in a day, swept aside by another and another and another. The White House announcement that President Trump would host next summer’s Group of 7 meeting at his Doral … Read more

With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans. (Morry Gash / Associated Press) Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York have been shrinking. With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably Democratic states to … Read more

A rehearsal for President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration is held Jan. 12, 2025, on the West Front of U.S. Capitol. (Jon Elswick / Associated Press) From the start of his campaign to retake the White House, President-elect Donald Trump promised to go big on his first day back in power. In a series of early … Read more

People seeking asylum are detained by the Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico into the San Diego area in June. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) A historic uptick in migration during Joe Biden’s presidency led to attacks as he ran for reelection, with Donald Trump and fellow Republicans blaming Democrats for the swelling number of people … Read more