Like a modern-day Daniel entering the lion’s den, Rep. William E. Dannemeyer strode purposefully into a roomful of sex educators and therapists. The crowd, gathered to hear him debate a noted gay-rights spokesman on the subject of AIDS, gasped when the Fullerton Republican called for quarantining AIDS patients, perhaps in the 20th-Century equivalent of leper … Read more
Fresh from a gala Philadelphia send-off, the team of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is heading the GOP campaign toward California. The nominees will be making a direct thrust at Al Gore in a Democratic stronghold on the virtual eve of the Los Angeles convention that will nominate Gore for president. After stops in … Read more
Continental Funeral Home driver Manuel Aguilar checks on the bodies of COVID-19 victims in a mobile refrigerator outside the Los Angeles facility in August. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) If a picture speaks a thousand words, what do numbers say? More than 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 since the coronavirus … Read more
Former President Trump speaks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., in January. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) Is he rambling? Indifferent to his audience? Exhibiting symptoms of cognitive decline? Or, instead, could former President Trump’s extended discourses demonstrate his genius — an ability, as he says, to “weave” disparate stories into a beautiful tapestry? … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris declines to weigh in on how she will vote on Proposition 36, one of the most consequential criminal justice ballot measures to come before California voters. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris, a California voter and former attorney general, is declining to say how she … Read more
Residents and rescuers check a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs Tuesday. (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press) Clashes in the last year between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in southern Lebanon have largely been confined to a tit-for-tat border conflict — until now. In recent days, Israel assassinated … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger each benefited from drastically truncated campaigns, Harris in her White House bid and Schwarzenegger in California’s historic recall election. No one, as Donald Trump might say, has ever seen anything like it. A presidential contest lasting just over 100 days — less time than it takes to … Read more
Candidates running for California governor in 2026 include, clockwise from top left, state Sen. Toni Atkins, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former state Controller Betty Yee, and State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. (Associated Press; Los Angeles Times) If you’re tired of thinking about who’s going to be the next president, why not start thinking … Read more
Mick Mulvaney ascended to the chief of staff post in January after the departure of John Kelly. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s third and least powerful chief of staff, was replaced Friday by North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, an announcement Trump made in an evening tweet. Trump named Mulvaney special envoy … Read more
Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2022. (Efrem Lukatsky / Associated Press) A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on an attempted assassination charge. Ryan Wesley Routh … Read more
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