Former President Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Mont., on Aug. 9. (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press) The way former President Trump tells it, the United States is a “crime-ridden mess” with “the worst border in the history of the world,” simultaneously headed for the next Great Depression and World War … Read more
Donald Trump speaks Friday in Washington, D.C., surrounded by Medal of Honor recipients and veterans. (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images) Donald Trump stood before television cameras on Friday and acknowledged a well-known fact that he had spent years denying — “President Barack Obama was born in the United States.” It will be up to voters to determine … Read more
President Biden, former President Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Matt Kelley / Associated Press; Paul Sancya / Associated Press; Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) California voters regularly tell pollsters that the housing crisis and homelessness are the most important issues to them. Tents on street corners is how most Californians understand … Read more
In the San Fernando Valley neighborhood where the beating of motorist Rodney G. King in 1991 set off a chain of events leading to the Los Angeles riots, Vice President Al Gore trumpeted a package of government programs Saturday intended to boost community employment and educational access to the Internet. Gore lauded the programs at … Read more
From right, Curtis Shelton with son Allen Shelton and grandsons Allen Jr. and Christian. America’s racism has touched them all across the years. (David Becker / For The Times) Curtis Shelton grew up in the 1950s at a time when Black people couldn’t live or work where they wanted, or gamble in this city’s famous … Read more
The United States wants no part of a quagmire in Bosnia. Clinton administration officials have proclaimed loud and clear that they expect U.S. troops to leave Bosnia on schedule, at the end of the current mandate in mid-1998. This is also the view in Congress. In fact, some in Congress have proposed cutting off funding … Read more
Senate Bill 19, introduced by Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Whittier, would limit the fat and sugar content in food served at schools. Student journalist Samantha MacLaren spoke to JOEL WARD, activities director at Lakewood High School in Long Beach. SB 19 is a good idea; it just has bad parts to it. And one of the … Read more
1/3 Supporters turned out, even on boats, for Donald Trump’s fundraising visit to Newport Beach hosted by Palmer Luckey and Kimberly and John Word on Saturday. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) 2/3 Orange County sheriff’s deputies kept Trump supporters out of traffic lanes in Newport Beach on Saturday. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) 3/3 A … Read more
Frank L. Rizzo, the burly, tough-talking ex-police chief who won national attention as Philadelphia’s controversial “law-and-order” mayor in the 1970s, died Tuesday in the midst of his third campaign to win back the mayor’s office. Rizzo, 70, a former Democrat who was the Republican candidate in this year’s mayoral race, suffered a massive heart attack … Read more
President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan acknowledge supporters after leaving George Washington University Hospital, where the president had been treated after he was shot in 1981. (Ronald Reagan Library / Getty Images) Nibbling on chicken pot pie with a small group of friends at a private dinner in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Nancy … Read more
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