Politics

All three of your Oct. 5 letter writers decrying Schroeder’s weeping before reporters, when she announced her withdrawal from the Democratic nomination race, branded this as a weakness making her unfit for the presidency. However, any serious Abraham Lincoln student is well aware that possibly our greatest President openly shed tears on many occasions. Even … Read more

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in 2018. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) The Senate Judiciary Committee this week is considering the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Progressive groups fear she will move the high court significantly to the right on abortion, guns and other … Read more

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors says it plans to funnel millions in funding to support immigrants and transgender residents as it prepares for another Trump presidency. (L.A. County Board of Supervisors) Gearing up for another Trump presidency, Los Angeles County supervisors will funnel millions in funding to beef up support for immigrants and transgender … Read more

State Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) displays his smartphone as he urges lawmakers to approve a data privacy bill during a Senate floor session in June 2018. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) A landmark California law signed last year to enact the strongest privacy rules in the country and regulate the online marketplace of personal … Read more

Piers Morgan is taking aim at Alec Baldwin. This summer, Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial ended with a dismissal. It turns out that the court did not appreciate the prosecution’s alleged Brady violation. Some viewed this as a technicality. Others saw it as an overdue end to a baffling prosecution. Now, Piers Morgan, who openly sympathizes … Read more

Married couples across the U.S. have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years. But some advocates for women worry over old comments from Vice President-elect JD Vance opposing no-fault divorce. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) Married couples across the U.S. have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years, an … Read more

I’m Russ Mitchell, climate and transportation reporter, filling in for Sammy Roth this week. He’s out reporting, and taking Thanksgiving Day off. Look for the next Boiling Point on Dec. 3. Regular readers of Boiling Point know my opinion of the electric vehicle public charging network that runs up and down Interstate 5: Unreliable. Frustrating. … Read more

Could Tuesday’s winner be history’s loser? If so, the Democrat’s bitter debate about the future may be unwarranted. The party came out of this year’s presidential election defeat with a plausible explanation–Michael S. Dukakis–and some grounds for optimism: the partial erosion of the GOP presidential coalition, simultaneous Democratic gains in Congress and vivid weakness in … Read more

Maggy Krell, center, arrives in Reno with a few busloads of volunteers in October. (Scott Sady / For The Times) Weeks before election day, more than 150 volunteers boarded early morning buses in Sacramento and traveled east, through the towering mountains of the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest and across the Nevada border to convince voters to … Read more

Marchers turn out in downtown Los Angeles in 2006 to protest a House-passed immigration bill that opponents say would criminalize millions of immigrant families. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Donald Trump won’t be sworn in as our 47th president for two more months, but he’s already pleasing his base in one way: Undocumented immigrants … Read more