Politics

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, walks with President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) at the U.S. Capitol. Some lawmakers are questioning the strategy by Schumer and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain in trying to pass Biden’s domestic agenda. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) For all the … Read more

To partisans, they are “Phony Tony” and “Taxin’ Jackson.” Tony Strickland, 38, might call himself the alternative energy executive, detractors say, but he’s still the same right-wing Republican who consistently voted against the environment during his days in the California Assembly. And Hannah-Beth Jackson? The 58-year-old Democrat is so liberal that she’s never seen a … Read more

Has Zachary Levi been “canceled” for his politics? While millions of Americans brace themselves for the horrors of these next several years, not everyone is unhappy with the 2024 election’s grim results. Actor Zachary Levi is a Trump fan. He’s also an RFK Jr. fan. Yeah. But has the entertainment industry “canceled” him for this? … Read more

Members of the all female Zohra Orchestra, from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, wait in line for passport control as they prepare to board an evacuation flight out of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) A judge ruled Friday that a security contractor can seek punitive damages against CNN over a November … Read more

What is the sole purpose of semiautomatic assault weapons–military-style guns like the Uzi, the AK-47 and the AR-15–that can blast through walls and cars? The powerful rifles, as described by Times staff writer John Hurst, are designed solely to kill people at close range. They are not designed for hunting or anything else. Their increasing … Read more

Fired White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver L. North confessed last year that he attempted to destroy every official document that could have revealed the diversion of Iran arms sale profits to the contras– but that he missed one, former National Security Adviser Robert C. McFarlane said Monday. McFarlane told the House and Senate investigating … Read more

Main Sponsor: The insurance industry. Other Supporters: California, Los Angeles and San Diego chambers of commerce, California Farm Bureau Federation, California Trucking Assn., former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, Assembly minority leader Pat Nolan (R-Glendale) and 15 other legislators. Opponents: California Trial Lawyers Assn., Common Cause, Consumers Union, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Atty. Gen. John … Read more

Former Ambassador Chester Bowles, a liberal Democrat who was a top presidential adviser and served as governor and congressman during a public career spanning more than 25 years, died Sunday. He was 85. Bowles died at his home of complications arising from his long bout with Parkinson’s disease, said Lise Stone Heintz, a spokeswoman for … Read more

After an extraordinary bicoastal judicial duel kept his fate in doubt throughout the night, Robert Alton Harris died in San Quentin’s gas chamber at sunrise Tuesday, becoming the first person executed in California in 25 years. Harris, 39, was pronounced dead at 6:21 a.m., just 36 minutes after the U. S. Supreme Court overturned the … Read more

Patricia Roberts Harris, a Pullman waiter’s daughter whose intellect and plain-spoken manner propelled her to two Cabinet posts in the Jimmy Carter Administration, died of cancer Saturday. She was 60. Claire Fiori, a spokeswoman for George Washington University Hospital, said Harris died at 2:11 a.m. She had been admitted to the hospital Wednesday as part … Read more