California lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to bypass a key state environmental law that would dramatically ease the construction of rail, bus and other transit projects connected to Los Angeles’ bid to host the Olympic Games in 2028. Under the bill, any public transportation effort related to the city’s Olympics bid would be exempt from the … Read more
Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat running against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, interrupts the governor’s news conference in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, accusing him of inaction on gun control. (Dario Lopez-Mills / Associated Press) Time was — not that long ago — that after a mass shooting, gun rights advocates would nod to the possibility of compromise … Read more
In his televised debate with Ross Perot over the North American Free Trade Agreement, Vice President Al Gore suggested that Perot’s vehement public opposition to the pact represented a conflict of interest because the Texas billionaire’s family had invested heavily in an airport industrial park near Ft. Worth that would benefit if the treaty is … Read more
Trump supporters hold a rally Jan. 6 in Washington before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (John Minchillo / Associated Press) Nine months ago, when followers of President Trump stormed the Capitol to halt the election of President Biden, the insurrection appeared to be the work of an extremist fringe led by right-wing militias and … Read more
Bereft of his closest political advisor but with his reelection strategy firmly fixed, President Clinton continued to roll out his fall campaign Saturday on a colorful bus trip through the Mississippi River lowlands. The sudden resignation of strategist Dick Morris, amid reports that he carried on an affair with a prostitute, removed a figure who … Read more
As Republicans gather this week in Houston, we hear much talk of conservatives and conservatism. Is George Bush a true conservative? Will conservatives support the President, or stay home? Is the movement intellectually exhausted? Who will emerge to lead conservatives in 1996? But these discussions all overlook one significant point: The Republicans are not really … Read more
A presidential mediation board said today that railroad firemen are no longer needed for the safe operation of diesel trains and recommended eliminating by attrition about 5,000 such jobs nationwide. The White House announced the conclusions of the three-member panel, appointed by President Reagan Aug. 30, in the face of a threatened nationwide strike by … Read more
Some Jewish groups are urging President Clinton to withdraw Strobe Talbott as his nominee for the No. 2 spot at the State Department, citing what they say are his anti-Israel writings when he was a Time magazine reporter. Talbott will face tough questions on his Mideast views at confirmation hearings beginning Tuesday, sources on the … Read more
Republican Rep. David Valadao, left, and Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas. (Associated Press) Republican Rep. David Valadao and Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas are battling to represent California’s heavily agricultural 22nd Congressional District, which includes portions of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties, in what is considered one of the nation’s most competitive races. The race is one … Read more
Navy Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett III resigned Friday, saying he accepted responsibility for a “leadership failure” that tolerated the sexual assault of 26 women at an aviators’ convention. A letter to President Bush tendering the resignation was released at the Pentagon. In it, Garrett insisted that he “neither saw nor engaged in any offensive conduct” … Read more
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