The Justice Department in February 2018 subpoenaed records from Apple seeking information about Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), above, as well as Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin), congressional staffers and relatives. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) The Justice Department’s internal watchdog announced Friday it was launching an investigation into federal prosecutors’ use of secret subpoenas … Read more
President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, paid $92,460 in federal income taxes on a total income of $336,640 last year, according to their tax return, which was released Tuesday. The Reagans had $69,517 withheld last year and had applied $54,000 from their 1985 tax refund toward their 1986 taxes, so they will receive a $31,057 … Read more
Aliento CEO Reyna Montoya poses for a photo after speaking at an immigration forum on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 13. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) Reyna Montoya was 10 when she and her family fled violence in Tijuana and illegally immigrated to the U.S. Growing up in Arizona, she worried even a … Read more
President Bush and his four immediate predecessors plan to attend the dedication next month of the Richard M. Nixon Library and museum in Nixon’s birthplace of Yorba Linda, Calif. Also attending the July 18-19 celebration will be former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. There has been no word on whether Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will attend. … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom makes an announcement on the economy and jobs at the West Fresno Center Campus of Fresno City College on Nov. 21, 2024. (California Gov. Newsom YouTube) Nearly two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a special session to fund legal battles against the president-elect, the Democratic leader appeared to be trying … Read more
Teresa Sasse, seen on a visit to a cacao farm in Ecuador, feared inflation would force her to shut down her Oregon chocolate-manufacturing business. She’s relieved Donald Trump was elected. (Teresa Sasse) On the night of Nov. 5, Teresa Sasse and her husband, Scott, had dinner in front of the TV as they settled in … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with Donald Trump at a campaign event in Georgia in October. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) He had written more than 20 books, drew healthy audiences speaking across America and attracted coverage from the country’s top newspapers and magazines. Still, by the height of the pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said … Read more
THis should be a golden time for California Democrats. They control both chambers of the Legislature. The state’s Republican governor has low (though improving) performance ratings. And they have two gubernatorial candidates with the resources to mount a substantial challenge in the fall.But there is no gold. There are only the leaden front-runners, state Treasurer … Read more
I respectfully implore the President to match the Soviet Union’s temporary nuclear test moratorium. If this is a major propaganda move by the Soviets, the best countermove is to match their proposal, wait them out, and when they resume testing, the entire world will know which country is truly dedicated to world peace and which … Read more
In a dramatic rebuff to two years of slow-growth politics in Ventura, three pro-business candidates swept into office on the Ventura City Council Tuesday, led by 33-year-old native son Greg Carson. Carson, a fifth-generation Ventura resident, was followed by personnel consultant Jack Tingstrom, 56, and labor attorney Tom Buford, 43, on the victorious slate backed … Read more
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