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SENATOR PACKWOOD RESIGNS : Tearful Packwood Bows to Pressure, Says He’ll Resign : Senate: ‘It is the honorable thing to do,’ disgraced lawmaker says, ending a three-year drama. At end, even his staunchest backers recoiled from misconduct charges.

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Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.), isolated from even his strongest defenders in the Senate, bowed to mounting demands for his ouster and tearfully announced Thursday that he intends to resign rather than bring further disgrace to an institution that has been his life for 27 years. “It is the honorable thing to do,” Packwood said in … Read more

Bass gets a pick for Metro. Will it be a Valley person?

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass must choose a new board member for Metro. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, Rachel Uranga and David Zahniser at the helm. The San Fernando Valley is getting ready for a transit boom. … Read more

Democrat Richards Wins Bitter Contest With Williams : Texas: The governor’s race was the state’s longest, most expensive and perhaps most rancorous. GOP oilman’s verbal gaffes damaged his chances.

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Democratic state Treasurer Ann Richards overcame huge odds Tuesday to win the governorship of Texas after a long, costly and bitter battle that focused attention on the Lone Star State as the ultimate example of negative campaigning. For her opponent, Republican Clayton W. Williams Jr., it may have been a case of one too many … Read more

Gina Haspel pledges she won’t let the CIA resume abusive interrogations

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Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, takes her seat for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press) In a contentious confirmation hearing that reopened the painful debate over CIA abuse of terrorism suspects, Gina Haspel pledged Wednesday she would not revive the use … Read more

The ‘defunding’ police debate and reimagining public safety: Kamala Harris’ record on a fraught American issue

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Sens. Kamala Harris, left, Charles E. Schumer and Cory Booker stand near a statue of Frederick Douglass during a prayer on Capitol Hill on June 4, 2020. (Associated Press) A few weeks into the largest racial justice protests in modern American history, the lone Black woman in the U.S. Senate appeared on “Good Morning America” … Read more

Obama promises to punish terrorists, lauds American values

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President Obama pauses while speaking during a campaign event in Lions Park in Golden, Colo. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images) GOLDEN, Colo. – President Obama asked for resolve and support from voters despite the “disturbing images on television,” as he delivered grave warnings Thursday to terrorists. “It’s a tumultuous time that we’re in,” Obama told … Read more

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