Elon Musk attends the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 07, 2024, in Paris. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images ) In the six weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Europe has been bracing for a U.S. administration that could strain traditional transatlantic alliances. That sense of … Read more
Donald Trump waves to supporters in Cleveland on Wednesday as he arrives at the Republican National Convention. (AFP/Getty Images) From the start of his campaign, Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America great again,” has captured an aspiration to return the nation to an era when his core audience of working-class whites occupied a more dominant place … Read more
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged Tuesday to “make every use” of a meticulous proposal to overhaul California’s bureaucracy, describing it as a tonic for state government and setting in motion what is expected to be an impassioned public debate about the state’s direction. In his first public comments about the report, Schwarzenegger did not single out … Read more
Surely Erin Ross wasn’t the only child in America who determined at age 7 that she would grow up to be president. But as Ross went through public schools in Palos Verdes and enrolled at Tufts University here, she began to wonder. Studies showed that almost 90% of her age group–the 18- to 24-year-old pack … Read more
A Syrian man holds the Syrian opposition flag as he passes by a picture of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 9, 2024. (Omar Sanadiki / Associated Press) Senior U.S. diplomats traveled to Damascus Friday and held a first-ever meeting with the rebels who toppled longtime dictator Bashar Assad. Washington officially … Read more
Elizabeth Glaser, who died Saturday of complications from AIDS, was best known for the speech she gave at the 1992 Democratic National Convention. However, she was equally eloquent when she told graduates of the UCLA Medical School: “I will not win all of my battles, and neither will you. But if we do our best … Read more
Jan. 6 committee Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney and Chairman Bennie Thompson. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press; Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation’s Capitol will begin a series of six televised hearings on Thursday. Much of the nine-member committee’s work has been conducted … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening the European Union’s 27 countries with tariffs — unless the EU takes steps to import more U.S. goods. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he’s threatening with tariffs — unless … Read more
Joe Biden, then vice president, hugs a supporter in Des Moines during the 2020 campaign. (Nati Harnik / Associated Press) Whatever happened to the empathetic Joe Biden who won the 2020 presidential election? Some days it feels as if that kindly Uncle Joe has been replaced by a cranky old pol annoyed at voters who … Read more
President Bush’s son Neil and 10 other former directors and officers of a failed Colorado savings and loan have reached a $49.5-million settlement with federal banking regulators over a lawsuit stemming from the thrift’s 1988 failure, a federal judge in Denver announced late Wednesday. The tentative settlement with the former directors of Silverado Banking, Savings … Read more
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